How do you handle unthankful kids or they are not supposed to be thankful to parents?

Was having this interesting discussion with other moms and all of them were sharing how unthankful kids have become these days who don't know the value of everything we do for them. Some newly become moms countered with saying, it's a duty of us as parents and kids don't need to be that thankful.

What you guys think?

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Pinkstarburst

Being childless I don’t really have a dog in this fight, but I’m chiming in anyway.

The mothers believing children don’t need to be thankful are doing a disservice to them. They will have challenging times ahead of them as adults and live with a sense of entitlement and ungratefulness. Essentially, the mothers are creating monsters. Perhaps they will understand when they are need of their child’s help one day but the child doesn’t owe them anything.