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“Do It Myself” – Forgotten Motto of the Entitled Teen

by Kay | May 31, 2012 | Uncategorized

Today’s post can be found on Janet Denison’s blog. Click here to check it out. Thanks for hosting us, Janet … and thanks for walking the road with me....

Kid Can Do – Dinner

by Kay | May 23, 2012 | around the house, Uncategorized

Since starting all the media stuff for Cleaning House – lots of incredible radio interviews, our little trek to NYC for Fox & Friends, Good Morning Texas, (see: In the News) … – I’ve gotten several questions about what our kids have been up...

Heard on the Street – Consequences

by Kay | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

I love it when you guys send a little something my way. The following was sent to my by a Dallas friend and MOAT. This article is in response to a an issue which occurred in late April. Apparently in Redwood City, Ca, a 10th grader was caught cheating and subsequently...

Heard on the Summer-Job Street

by Kay | May 18, 2012 | kids & work, Uncategorized

As usual, be careful if you are friends with me, let alone related, because I just might be compelled to share your story. This one I’m super excited to share, not because it’s fun to hear that this family (my brother and sister-in-law) is working, but...

What do a suitcase, “Broken Windows” & Youth Entitlement Have in Common?

by Kay | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized

Heading home from New York on Saturday we had the strangest thing happen to us.With eight in our group, we couldn’t all fit in one cab, so we split into two. The nice drivers scrambled to fit our luggage into the two trunks, then off we went. Lumbering along, we...

Entitlement In the News

by Kay | May 11, 2012 | Uncategorized

As is the case these days, Youth Entitlement continues to find itself in the headlines of major news publications… this week in the Wall Street Journal. First – Stephens: To the Class of 2012 offers quite a hard-hitting letter to graduating college...