Avoiding the Entitlement Trap of Raising Children in Affluence
In Richard Eyre's house, Saturday isn't allowance day. It's payday. The author of Teaching Your Children Values on rules, rituals and a family economy.
Richard Eyre
Author, with Linda Eyre, of Teaching Your Children Values
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The Business Family Diagnostic · Rhythms
The wackier the tradition, the more it sticks.
The Eyres keep a tradition calendar with at least one a month, from birthday cakes floated on a lake to leaves in the mail. Does your family have traditions that bring the generations together regularly?
“We hold a structured family meeting at least once a year.”
Biography
Richard and Linda Eyre may be the most prominent and popular writers and speakers in the world on the topics of family and parenting. Among their incredible 50 books is Teaching Your Children Values, the first parenting book in 50 years to hit #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list.
The Eyres’ work is based on the real-life experience of raising 9 children, founding and running 3 businesses, and trying to keep up with high-level involvement in politics, church, music, and sports.
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