Entitlement to Empowerment

“Try not to be the person with all the answers, or with lots of opinions, or too much advice that nobody asked for.
Instead, be the one who is curious, confident, caring, and bold enough to inquire.”
 Warren Berger, Innovation Expert and Author
 
When a parent complains of child being entitled , we miss out on the environment we provided to them ,our input which could have led to this so called entitlement.

 

Can parents do something about it ?

 

It’s a skill, we parents can work on with any age Childern, younger the better. It requires parents input in terms of creating environment, modeling skill and definitely being a mentor and facilitator.

Few of the tips to get you started:-

  • Be open to lots of thoughtful questions to ask your children and enjoy the following discussions.
  • If a child desires something, ask him ways he can fulfill his desire besides the most obvious way?
  • Talk to him about the ways people make money, their ideas, their services, ask them what they observe in those moments. Ask him for options of what can be done as and when he sees an enterprise.
  • Introduce various currencies besides monetary and introduce it as time and health currency.
  • Have a family IDEA JAR, where everyone puts in an idea week(new ,existing, interesting ) with their name . Have a fun evening with loads of discussions with family.

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