It's Not Their Fault...It's YOURS!!!  It’s really easy to blame
your child when their behavior is less than stellar.  Right now
in my house, my seven year old and five year old seem to feel
they are entitled to everything and anything.  I have given them
the “you need to be grateful for everything you have” speech,
along with the “you need to earn these things, not just expect
them” speech, and the ever popular, “money doesn’t grow on
trees” talk.  I constantly feel like a broken record and after
pondering why my words of wisdom aren’t sinking in, I wondered
if I could possibly be to blame.  Why do my boys think this way
and believe it’s okay to ask for something new every day?  It’s
almost as if they expect it.  What led them to believe that this
is normal behavior?  Then it hit me like a ton of bricks and I
finally figured it out.  As parents, we have to step back at
times and understand there are consequences to the way we
parent.  We are constantly helping to shape our children’s minds
and at times, don’t