[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeInDown"]Richard Watts, a US-based lawyer who counsels the rich and famous and who, earlier this year, published Entitlemania: How Not To Spoil Your Kids, And What To Do If You Have, firmly believes parents should say “no” to kids much earlier and a lot more often.

I am relieved to hear this. I am not good at many things, but I am quite good at saying “no”, partly because my own parents said “no” to me quite often, partly because I don’t have the money to say “yes” often enough, and partly because I know that hearing “no” doesn’t often kill (I’m still here, after all).