The "me, me, me" epidemic
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide to raising capable, grateful kids in an over-entitled world
By: Amy McCready
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780399169977
Subjects: Parenting; Child rearing; Child psychology
Description: "Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood.  Whenever Amy McCready mentions the "entitlement epidemic" to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks there are preschoolers who only behave in the grocery store for a treat, narcissistic teenagers posting selfies across all forms of social media, and adult children living off their parents.  Parenting expert Amy McCready reveals in this book that the solution is to help kids develop healthy attitudes in life. By setting up limits with consequences, and training them in responsible behavior and decision-making, parents can rid their homes of the entitlement epidemic and raise confident, resilient, and successful children. Whether parents are starting from scratch with a young toddler or navigating the teen years, they will find in this book proven strategies to effectively quell entitled attitudes in their children"--

"Parenting expert Amy McCready shows parents how to cure their kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes. Whether parents are starting from scratch with a young toddler or navigating the teen years, they will find in this book proven strategies to effectively quell entitled attitudes in their children"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Kids rule. But should they?; title: The great give-in; title: They're not helpless; title: Overcontrol; title: Creating a consequential environment; title: Reasonable expectations; title: The praise problem; title: Money and sense; title: Keeping up with the Kardashians, Jones and Facebook; title: Un-centering their universe; title: It's okay not to be special.