#68: [Best of Series Part 3] How to Not Raise Entitled Kids with Dr. John Townsend

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Josh + Christi Straub

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

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to week 3 of our "Best Of" series!

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

Apparently, a lot of parents in our generation don't want their kids to be entitled. It was the most listened to episode of season 3!

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!

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.

Show Notes:

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Transcript

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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 you're
0:34.3	not alone. We're in this together. Welcome to week three of our best of seasons of
0:43.9	season three, best up episodes of season three. And we today are featuring John Townsend, our friend and
0:53.2	mentor, Dr. John Townsend, How to Not Raise Entitled Kids.
0:57.1	This also was one of the most listened to episodes.
0:59.7	I love that this one is one of the most listened to.
1:02.2	We love John and his wife Barbie too so much and I're just so grateful for how they've poured
1:07.1	into us.
1:08.0	And often people, if you've heard of John Townsend, you've probably
1:11.4	read the book Boundaries. It's probably one of the most recommended books that we tell people
1:18.3	to read. And yet we didn't want to have a conversation about boundaries with him, although I do
1:25.1	think that's important, Josh. I think we should do that sometime. People have asked us to do that. But this time we wanted to read, he had written a new
1:32.1	book about raising entitled kids, the entitlement cure. And this conversation, we actually recorded it.
1:38.7	We were on vacation in Florida. We were in a Mickey Mouse bedroom at the time.
1:47.1	You could be on vacation listening to this right now in a Mickey Mouse bedroom.
1:50.8	You could.
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