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I just received what looks like a very timely resource: Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma. Lots of contemporary books (like this one and this one, which both influenced this other one) have highlighted a sense of entitlement among young adults in our day. The theory is that it starts in childhood. From the publisher's press release for Cleaning House: While today's well-intentioned parents are doing all they can to facilitate their children's rise to greatness, parents are realizing that the hovering is backfiring. Now, … [Read more...] about Cleaning House: Getting Rid of Youth Entitlement (Kay Wills Wyma)

Frank A. Brock, former President of Covenant College packs a ton of wisdom into this short book, available as of this moment for $5.20, 60% off. It echoes a lot of the themes I discussed in Thriving at College, but in a book suitable to parents walking their children through the college preparation and selection process. Brock sets out to help parents "understand something of the educational landscape and see that there are many types of learning communities with differing philosophies of education, all of which have different outcomes." He wants to help higher education customers be … [Read more...] about An Educated Choice: Advice for Parents of College-Bound Students