Cleaning House: A 12-Month Guide to Eliminating Entitlement in Kids - Perfect for Busy Moms & Family Organization

This is an awesome book! I actually found a link to the book when I began researching the net about child entitlement. I had noticed to my dismay that my own children were acting as if the world owed them something. A quote from my daughter..."Mom, I am your precious child..you are SUPPOSED to do things for me. That is just the way it works.". I did not know what I had done to lead her to believe this way.Wyma helped me to see that I had inadvertently been responsible (at least in part) for my children's misguided beliefs. In our society we tend to do things for our children to either make it go faster, make sure it is done right the first time, to give them time for all the stuff we involve them in (such as sports, scouts, etc), or because we want them to be happy. They are capable of much more than we give them credit for. We just have to let them have the opportunity to show us what they can do.Some of her ideas will not work with really small children (like my 3 and 5 year olds) but she acknowledges that as she has a 4 year old herself. However there are ways to tweak each lesson to fit the abilities of your child(ren) and she encourages the reader to do whatever works best in that family.I would recommend this book to any parent who wants to raise independent children who cannot only take care of themselves as adults but are able to care for others in a selfless manner as well.I have seen some reviews that were not as favorable putting the book down because of the author's station in life. I will admit I am very similar to her. I live in a middle to upper middle class suburb (although my city is a mid-size city not a large one like Dallas). One of my 3 kids attends a local private school (the other 2 have special needs that make public schooling a better place for them). I do not see any of this as a bad thing. A person who does not have the financial means for some of her suggestions can tweak the suggestions to fit their budget...like maybe a quarter a day instead of a dollar. There are always more frugal ways to do things. Just because she can provide her children with these things does not make the advice any less worthy of time and attention. She even encourages you to do these things in budget..after all that is the lesson she is trying to teach her children.To those who say there is too much of a christian emphasis in the book...Well, it is a christian book. It never claims to be anything else. The advice is still good advice whether the scripture she basis it on is used or not. I happen to like that she backs up what she is doing with her kids with God's word. Again, it is made clear in description that this is a christian book!