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4 Certain Ways to Know You Enable Your Children By Kristen Hatton Helicopter and lawnmower parenting are pervasive in today’s  culture , just ask any teacher. But while it’s easy to criticize these parents who swoop in to rescue their kids or do whatever necessary to keep challenges at bay for their children, it’s not always so easy to see our own tendencies to do the same. We parents tend to miss (or dismiss) our own over-parenting that thrusts us too into these camps. Every parent I know loves their children and wants to help them succeed. The problem is we have come to elevate their success and happiness above all, and our life and happiness is dependent on theirs. Our children have become our idols and to this end we will do whatever necessary to ensure things go well for them. But in our attempts to control our “helping” is actually hindering our kids. We self-justify why it is necessary for us to call the teacher or talk to the coach. We rationalize tha...

5 Ways You Are Teaching Your Kids to Be Entitled How does a parent raise an entitled child? Especially since no parent intends to? Entitlement pervades nearly every aspect of today’s culture, which means Christian families aren’t immune from its influence. In fact, if you aren’t proactive, it’s almost a given you’ll raise an entitled child. It’s a sobering thought. Most parents know entitlement develops when a child is given too much, too soon, but many parents don’t realize entitlement is also bred in more subtle ways. More lethal ones. Could you be accidentally raising an entitled child?   Here are five common parenting mistakes that can lead to entitlement: 1. Allowing Your Kids to Interrupt I recently attended a meeting at the home of a family with three adorable kids. Halfway through the presentation, one of the children ran into the living room and stood next to the speaker. “Have you seen Frozen? I love it!”, she declared, then launched into a litany of ...