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Thursday, July 27th, 2023

Grateful

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There are many challenges in an “I want it now” world.

Grateful

How can we teach our kids to be grateful for what they have?

Grateful

How does your child react when you refuse to make a purchase for them? Do they throw a tantrum, guilt trip you, or nag? All of these are signs of an ungrateful heart. People, even our children, are never more physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy than when they are grateful. Gratefulness can be cultivated in a couple of ways. 

First, by not always getting your child what they want when they want it. Second, by letting them have some skin in the game. What does that mean? Teach them the virtue of delayed gratification and working for what they get. Requiring our kids to work for and save up for the little extras in life will not only make them more grateful, but they will learn to make more discriminate purchases as well.

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