Parenting expert Amy McCready is a “recovering yeller” and the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions. A champion of positive parenting techniques for happier families and well-behaved kids, she reaches a worldwide audience with her Positive Parenting Solutions Online parenting course, web and print articles, live webinars, and media appearances. Amy is a frequent guest on the TODAY show and has also appeared on Rachael Ray, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, and elsewhere. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and two sons. Learn more at www.AmyMcCready.com.
We all want our children to be happy…but should parents jump through hoops at all costs to keep them that way? Or are the parents who do so hurting their children in the long run? Whenever Amy McCready mentions the “entitlement epidemic” to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks there are preschoolers who only behave in the grocery store for a treat, narcissistic teenagers posting selfies across all forms of social media, and adult children living off their parents. In her newest book THE “ME, ME, ME” EPIDEMIC, parenting expert Amy McCready derails the entitlement train so many kids are riding and shows how parents can raise their children to become confident, resilient, and successful. By applying positive strategies, correctly using consequences, exploring preventative measures, and understanding the difference between a reasonable request and an entitlement issue, parents can change their tactics so that their kids (of any age) learn to pitch in around the house, solve disagreements respectfully, take responsibility for their actions, and even put down their smartphones once in a while.