7/24/2019 FILL in the GAPS-have You Raised a Spoilt Child

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Selfish, disorganised, demanding:Have you raised a spoilt child?

If our children are calling the shots, it becomes a problema

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Barbara McMahonLast updated at 9:00PM, October 2 2015

No parent intends ____ raise a spoilt child, says Amy McCready. ____ happenslittle by little in the name of love, of course. We do things that they are perfectlycapable of doing for themselves, we rescue them when they should learn ____ theirmistakes and we give ____ because we want our ____ to be happy, she explains.These parenting indulgences seem harmless but are damaging in the long run,robbing children of the ____ to make decisions and preventing them fromdeveloping the resilience they will need to thrive through the ups and downs of life.