From toddlers to teenagers: Practical ways to cultivate gratitude in your kids, with Steph Thurling

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Monica Swanson and Christian Parenting

Parenting, Kids & Family, Kids & Family:parenting

5.0 • 971 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Somehow the word "entitlement" has grown to represent children in America today. It's not entirely new -- Kids are selfish by nature, yet the culture we are raising them in reinforces a spirit of entitlement. Yet, we are not without hope! And you are not alone! Join Steph Thurling - Executive Director at Christian Parenting, and host of the Christian Parenting Podcast – and I as we talk about ways to cultivate gratitude and fight entitlement in kids, young and old alike! From family prayer ideas, to giving kids work to do (in and outside the house!) this conversation is honest and practical. (Steph and I are in the trenches alongside all of you!) Find show notes and links at: http://www.monicaswanson.com/steph-gratitude My Character Training Course doors are NOW OPEN (for one week only!) Be sure to check out the course page and see what is in the course! (Including an entire bonus Module on teaching kids to be grateful and fighting entitlment!) Also find the NEW video of my son, Luke, giving all of the kids a pep talk on the topic of living a disciplined lifestyle (with a printable list of 5 key disciplines included!) ALL STUDENTS from this week's sale will be invited to a Zoom call with ME in April where I will answer questions and offer encouragement! Find all show notes: www.monicaswanson.com/podcast Looking for new science or math homeschool curriculum? All my boys have used DIVE/Shormann Math for Bible-based, short-but-thorough science and math lessons, through the AP level! Your kids will love Dr. Shormann’s short, well-put-together lessons, and Shormann’s Algebra 1 and 2 classes will equip your kids for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT with over 200 practice qustions! Go to diveintomath.com to learn more! The Monica Swanson Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual resources to help you grow into the parent you want to be, visit www.christianparenting.org Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Christian Parenting.
0:07.5	Hey friends, welcome back to the podcast. I'm so happy to get to hang out with you today,
0:12.3	and I'm so happy to hear that many of you and your children enjoyed hearing from my son,
0:17.7	Luke, last week, as he talked about discipline and self-discipline and how that has played
0:22.2	such an important role in his life as a young Christian student athlete. So if you miss that one,
0:27.7	be sure to go back and bring your kids with you to listen in. And today we continue on talking
0:33.5	about character in our kids. And I've got my friend Steph Thirling with me to tackle
0:39.4	a tough topic in parenting. And that is the epidemic, I'll call it, of entitlement in our kids,
0:45.4	and how we can foster gratitude in our kids instead. Now, Steph has younger kids,
0:50.5	so I feel like we really cover the whole gamut of young kids through the teenage years.
0:55.2	Steph also happens to be the executive director of Christian Parenting who hosts my podcast, and
1:00.6	she's the host of the Christian Parenting podcast. So we shared this episode on her podcast as well as
1:05.9	mine. It was so much fun to team up that way. But I think you're going to love getting to know
1:10.0	Steph. And I think you'll agree. This is a topic we all can use encouragement in.
1:14.5	Steph and I are two moms doing our best. We are not perfect. But we have done some research,
1:19.8	worked pretty hard, written some books. And this topic is one we've put a lot into. So I hope
1:25.0	you'll find a lot of practical encouragement in it. And furthermore,
1:29.0	this is great timing for this topic because as this episode airs, I hope you're catching it
1:34.1	between the dates of March 24th and the 31st of March because my character training course
1:40.1	doors will be open for one week. Now, if you're not familiar with the course, I want to encourage
1:45.5	you to go over to show notes where you can check out the course page. There will be a link to it.
1:49.7	You can see everything in it. But the good news is once you're in there, you have lifetime access
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