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CURBING ENTITLEMENT how to stop indulging your kids’ every want GINA MAYFIELD
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EVERAL YEARS AGO, our family moved to a sleepy town on the border of Tarrant and Denton counties. Back then, we felt like we lived in a little house on the prairie. Then it happened. Progress. Like so many others, our young suburb slowly but surely grew up to become “affluent.” Before I knew it, Range Rovers filled the carpool line at school, girls carried their lunches in Lululemon bags, and the end-of-year award ceremony could have doubled for a LoveShackFancy fashion show. I found myself wondering, How do I raise children in this brave new world, where everything they want seems to be within reach? Sure, I want them to be happy. But I don’t want them to feel entitled. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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