Recently, I met by coincidence with two separate women, both of whom spoke to me in similar terms about their concern for their adolescent sons. “I think I may have spoiled him,” each said, almost in ...

A spoiled kid is one who thinks and acts like the world revolves around them. They’re used to getting what they want, when ...

You've heard it all before: only children are spoiled monsters who get everything they want. If they don't, they'll cry until ...

You’re standing in the checkout line at the store when your son grabs a “Frozen 2” stuffed animal. “Mommy, can I get this Olaf doll? I really, really want it!” When you tell him no, he yells “I hate ...

Elizabeth Kolbert set the stage in her New Yorker article, “Spoiled Rotten: Why do kids rule the roost?” She wrote, “With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins ...

At Christmas, children receive mountains of gifts. So many, in fact, that you can't even see the base of the tree. You, the parents, silently fume at Santa Claus, who clearly doesn't know the meaning ...

Every parent tries their best to raise their child better than their own parents did. From refraining from yelling at their children to teaching them emotional intelligence, the new age of parenting ...

They not only feel entitled to convenience, but also other people's time, space, and energy. While there are many reasons why kids develop entitlement later in life that may not be rooted in their ...

My boyfriend and I have a toddler together and he has an 11-year-old daughter that lives with her maternal grandmother half of the time. Her mother is serving a serious prison sentence. My boyfriend ...

Now that my children are near the age that I was when I got married, it makes me reflect on how things were in the 1970s. I have two sons, 20 and 23 years old, and I shudder to think of them in my ...