Joanna Fortune: My teenager expects me to fund his social life 

"Entitlement starts with wanting something. That want quickly becomes a need. When we need something and another person withholds that from us, we get angry, even enraged, because we believe we are entitled to have our needs met."

"He makes a demand, and you respond by supplying what he demands, and so it continues. Why would he stop demanding when you keep supplying money?"

My teenage son expects me to fund his social life. He puts his hand out for money every time he goes out with friends — it’s €20 minimum. 

He’s 15, so too young to get a job, but his sense of entitlement bothers me. Am I spoiling him by handing out the money?