In Episode 42 of The IMbetween Podcast, Daniel and Christina Im share principles about how to raise grateful children. With Thanksgiving just around the corner and Christmas hot on its heels, let’s talk about how we can calm down the greed and entitlement in our kids.
In This Episode, You Will Hear About:
- Practical ways to help your family fight the greed and entitlement feelings, especially around the holidays
- How to raise generous children
Resources Mentioned During the Episode:
- Listen to Episode 31: How to Raise Kids that Change the World
- Check out the book that this episode is based on: Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World by Kristen Welch
- Would you consider sponsoring a child through Compassion International? Find out more here
- Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- An easy recipe for rice and beans. Add avocado and cilantro, with a squeeze of lime, to change it up.
Quotables:
- “We want our kids to be generous with their time, money, and talents.”
- “When entitlement’s poison begins to infect our hearts, gratitude is the antidote.” – Kristen Welch
- “The key to raising grateful kids is to maintain gratitude.”
- “In order for our kids to have a posture of gratitude, we need to model it.”
- “How can we teach our kids to be thankful for even the food on our tables?”
- “If we want to raise grateful kids, we need to model it first.”
- “We need to talk about and show our kids the realities of our world and not just our North American bubble.”
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