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In the New Testament book of First Thessalonians, we're told that we're supposed to give thanks in all circumstances.

That's a really hard thing to do sometimes.

If you're honest, it doesn't come naturally and it really takes some discipline.

I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting team,

and we're going to turn now to a clip from Focus on the Family with Jim Daily.

Jim spoke with Arlene Pelican about something she calls the A-plus principles for social skills

that every child needs to develop. And today, they'll talk about appreciation and also

teaching your kids anger management. Appreciation, I mean, that can be, again, in a social media context, it could be over the top,

it doesn't feel sincere, all those things, but describe the real appreciation.

The real appreciation is, wow, I get to do this.

I get to be here.

Not this like, I got to go to school.

I got to be a parent. I got to do these things.

Appreciation says, wow, God, thank you. Thank you for the breath you give me. Thank you for these kids. Thank you that I live, you know, I have a roof. You know, obviously, I could get real cheesy on here. Thanks for this little bread you gave me, you know, all these things. But it is this attitude of, it's an attitude, I have enough. Like, I'm grateful and I have enough. But what does the screen teach you? You don't have enough. You always need. You always need more. And the screen trains us and our kids that we can have whatever we want because we just ask Siri. And she tells us the exact information that we want. We can have. have, wait a minute. That's pretty convenient. For the most, it's pretty, it's pretty

convenient. What's the weather today? We don't have to wait for things. Life is super convenient. So if it's

inconvenient, we get really thrown off because we're super used to inconvenience. And then the kid of

today, they can watch, you know, 400 different shows where the kid of yesterday might have just had like four shows, you know, to choose from. But today, like, it's endless. So all this choice makes kids very entitled that, oh, you only have that at grandma's house. Well, I don't want to do that. I'm used to doing whatever I want. And it really puts

that entitlement on steroids. You know, appreciation. I have a theory about the ugly American

because I've noticed it. I've watched overseas when I've been in hotels, for example,

and you know, an American's looking for help and the person behind the counter in a country

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