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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the thing and I know few people will understand this, but here it is. He IS super entitled. My behavior is going to have little impact on that. I want to preserve our relationship (and my sanity), but I don't have any illusions that putting him on a budget is going to make him less entitled (tried it).[/quote]

You tried putting him on a budget once (for how long?) and didn't have immediate success so you just assume he'll be entitled forever? And you're cool with that? Then I guess you don't need our help.

If you want to change the dynamic, there are tons of sources online:

https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/narcissistic-children-and-teens-does-your-child-act-entitled/

http://understandingteenagers.com.au/blog/8-ways-to-deal-with-entitled-teenagers/[/quote]

That's my reaction.  You give your kid a set allowance.  He loses something?  He can pay for a replacement out of his allowance, or wait until birthday/Christmas.  He spends it on school lunches when he could have packed a lunch from home?  His choice.  He gets to practice making choices instead of expecting everything to be handed to him.  You don't have to make the call about whether to replace X lost item or pay for Y thing.  Stop making excuses for why nothing will work, and just do the obvious thing.  And stick with it.  [/quote]

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