Cleaning House: Raising Responsible Kids

Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk

Dr. James Dobson

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Is your home becoming a palace of entitlement? On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and author Kay Wills Wyma discuss her eye-opening book entitled, Cleaning House. After realizing her five children expected to be served at every turn, Kay embarked on a 12-month experiment to teach them responsibility and a strong work ethic. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.”

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0:00.0	You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.
0:06.3	I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today.
0:18.0	Well, welcome to Dr. James Dobson's Family talk. I'm Roger Marsh, and you know, many children
0:23.7	are growing up in today's me-centered society. They're struggling with entitlement issues.
0:28.8	They've created lengthy lists of perceived rights and privileges, which only feed their unhealthy
0:34.0	desires for excess. Now, our culture not only fails to discourage this mentality,
0:39.1	but oftentimes actively promotes it. So how can we as parents and grandparents teach our children
0:45.0	gratitude, responsibility, and moral character? Well, today here on Family Talk, we're
0:50.6	revisiting a classic conversation with author K. Wills Wyma, mother of five, who took on
0:56.2	this challenge in her own home. After discovering the extent of entitlement in her household,
1:01.2	Kay embarked on a 12-month experiment to transform her children's attitudes, and her journey
1:06.7	led her to writing the book called Cleaning House, a mom's 12-month experiment to rid her home
1:12.5	of youth entitlement. Kay's insights have appeared in the New York Times, The Huffington Post,
1:17.8	and Thriving Family magazine. As a graduate of Baylor University, having earned her master's in
1:23.4	management from Thunderbird School of Global Business, she brings both practical wisdom and professional
1:28.8	expertise to this important topic. Now, this conversation was recorded in front of a live
1:33.7	studio audience, so you'll enjoy hearing their reactions to the comments that Dr. and Kay make
1:38.7	throughout the broadcast as well. Here now is Dr. James Dobson to introduce our guest,
1:43.7	Kay Wills Wyma, on the special edition of Family Talk.
1:51.9	We have an author here today that I have been looking forward to having at Family Talk.
2:00.3	Her name is Kay Wills Wyma, and she has written a book called Cleaning House, a mom's 12-month
2:07.7	experiment to rid her home of youth entitlement.
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