15 steps to raising selfish kids

Written by Amy L. Sullivan

SERVE Editor Word lover. Book devourer. Music addict. Amy is a Northern girl who found herself living in the South. She drinks sweet tea, turns her nose up at okra, and attempts to tell her daughters "yella" isn't a color.

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June 6, 2013

Raising selfish kids is easy peasy. Follow these simple steps:

1. Stay home.

2. Buy items you don’t need.

3. Forget about chores.

4. Refuse to discuss world events.

5. Encourage comparing.

6. Talk about all the things you don’t have.

7. Reject failure.

8. Give prizes for everything.

9. Never talk about money.

10. Ignore them. Hello, you are busy.

11. Always wait to have hard conversations.

12. Make sure all of your children’s friends look exactly like them.

13. Refuse to make your kids do anything which doesn’t appeal to them.

14. Make sure they are always comfortable.

15. Let the responsibility of teaching your kids about God fall on your youth pastor (Hey, that’s his job!)).

8 Comments

Nacole Simmons on June 6, 2013 at 10:27 am

Whoa… evoking…
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- Amy L. Sullivan on June 7, 2013 at 4:51 pm
  
  Nacole,
  Thanks for reading!
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Amanda Johnston Hill on June 7, 2013 at 1:03 am

Really good.
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- Amy L. Sullivan on June 7, 2013 at 4:51 pm
  
  Thanks, Amanda.
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SimplyDarlene on June 7, 2013 at 8:53 am

selfish begets selfish, aye? yikes.
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- Amy L. Sullivan on June 7, 2013 at 4:53 pm
  
  Yikes is right, Darlene.
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Lori McClure on June 10, 2013 at 11:44 am

That picture of Ru is the best ever. I love it. I love this list. I love you. 🙂
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Amy L. Sullivan on June 22, 2013 at 10:21 pm

Lori,
Thanks for reading! And Ru? Such the little screamer!
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