How To Raise A Grateful Child

Life won’t always gift your child with exactly his heart’s desire. But there are ways you can make sure that, underneath it all, he learns to appreciate what he has.

  1. Your 9-year-old keeps a running — and growing — list of toys he has to have. He’s up to number 23 this season.
  2. Your 5-year-old grimaces at the stuffed Elmo her aunt gives her and says, “But I wanted a Barbie!”
  3. You can’t even take your kid to get socks or lightbulbs without him whining for you to buy him something — seemingly anything.
  4. Your 6-year-old gobbles down the Teddy Grahams that another parent at the playground gives him. But when you prod him to say “Thank you,” he won’t.
  5. When you say no to a DS that, according to your daughter, “everyone at school” has, she complains that all her BFFs get cooler stuff than she does.

Sounds familiar? Here‘s how to handle it.

Source: Parenting.Com