#53: Dr. John Townsend: How to Not Raise Entitled Kids

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Entitlement, according to Dr. John Townsend, is "a belief that I am exempt from responsibility and that I am owed special treatment." Unfortunately, you don't have to look too far today to find entitled kids--and adults!

As Dr. Townsend states, "This isn't a generational problem; it's a human problem."

In this episode, Dr. Townsend helps parents learn how to not raise entitled kids. An incredibly practical discussion, you'll learn the three antidotes to entitlement and hear Dr. Townsend explain the following three ways to apply the antidote:

* Change your language
* Do hard things first
* Keep inconvenient commitments

Dr. Townsend encourages us, "Kids need to grow up at a dinner table where mom and dad are doing interesting things." Here's to being parents who take responsibility, live well, and show our kids how to be grateful.

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0:00.0	We all have family picture frames.
0:11.8	Who are the people in yours?
0:13.4	I'm Josh.
0:14.4	And I'm Christy.
0:15.8	In This Together is a podcast where we discuss topics related to today's family.
0:22.9	We also go behind the scenes to share stories from our own crooked picture frame. And we interview guests to discover how
0:28.3	their stories can give us insight on becoming families who live, love, and lead well. Because
0:34.1	you're not alone. We're in this together.
0:41.1	Today's podcast is brought to you by 226 Parenting,
0:44.9	an online community designed to help you disciple your kids to live, love, and lead well.
0:51.2	Check it out at 226 Parenting.com.
0:58.6	Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. Today,
1:05.5	we are so thankful to have a friend and a mentor and probably a name that you might recognize on with us, Dr. John Townsend. John is a business consultant, a leadership coach, and a psychologist.
1:10.2	He's written and co-written
1:11.7	30 books, including a New York Times bestseller Boundaries, which probably a lot of you have read.
1:18.7	Which has sold over 10 million copies. Ten million. Ten million copies. Seriously. Like, that's,
1:24.3	that's unbelievable. They just released the 25th anniversary edition of Boundaries last year. And that book, to be very honest, it was one of the most significant books. I read it in graduate school when I was going through my counseling program and my master's degree program. And that was one of the single biggest, most significant books that I read along my journey
1:46.1	in becoming who I am today as a husband and a father.
1:49.2	It is a powerful book and we've recommended it to, I don't know, even so many people.
1:55.2	He's also written Leadership Beyond Reason and Handling Difficult People.
1:58.8	He writes a book a year almost.
2:00.5	Yeah.
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