35 // 4 Surprising reasons your kids are ungrateful

The Raising Kids with Purpose Podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 28m

You planned the vacation, bought the birthday gift, and drove them everywhere, and you didn’t even get a “thank you.” If you’ve ever looked at your kids and thought, “What did we do? We’ve created ungrateful monsters,” this episode is for you.

In this episode, Adriane shares what she learned when she dug into the research on why kids seem ungrateful. Often it isn’t ingratitude at all. You’ll hear what a group of high school girls said about being labeled “ungrateful,” why “there are starving kids in other countries” never works, and how a surprise package of pajamas taught Adriane more about…