Oct 8, 2026 · 24 min · 7 segments
Does your teen expect you to provide everything they want — and push back when you don’t? In this episode, Mark and Wayne tackle the problem of entitlement and share six practical ways parents can…
Does your teen feel entitled, and what do you do about it? Welcome to Parenting Today's Teens with Mark Gregston, the founder and executive director of Heartlight Ministries, a residential counseling program for teens.
You know, entitlement is the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
They wake up every morning with the thought of, what's everyone going to do for me today? They're sometimes belligerent and many times rage when something's taken away from them.
And there's even times that they roll their eyes at anything that you might suggest.
Isn't that crazy? But it's a character trait that you and I as parents have fueled by rotating our lives around our kids.
And it's now time to help them break this sense of entitlement before they enter into deeper relationships with other people.
Follow closely with Mark because we're going to talk about six steps to take with entitled teens.
And the reason I laugh, before we start, the reason I laugh is because I think this country has become entitled.
people have become entitled in one way, and they feel like everybody's owed something.
Does your teen feel entitled, and what do you do about it? Welcome to Parenting Today's Teens with Mark Gregston, the founder and executive director of Heartlight Ministries, a residential counseling program for teens.
You know, entitlement is the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
They wake up every morning with the thought of, what's everyone going to do for me today? They're sometimes belligerent and many times rage when something's taken away from them.
And there's even times that they roll their eyes at anything that you might suggest.
Isn't that crazy? But it's a character trait that you and I as parents have fueled by rotating our lives around our kids.
And it's now time to help them break this sense of entitlement before they enter into deeper relationships with other people.
Follow closely with Mark because we're going to talk about six steps to take with entitled teens.
And the reason I laugh, before we start, the reason I laugh is because I think this country has become entitled.
people have become entitled in one way, and they feel like everybody's owed something.
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