I do not know if it depends character or is a phase that all-or almost all children have to spend but at some now, it seems that they are turning into shopaholics small . Suddenly always some or other, they begin to ask for them to buy things: sweets, toys and even clothing .
For mothers, there arises dilemma: On one hand, we do not encourage indiscriminate consumerism. Furthermore, we do not want to be always saying no and we do not always end up talking about money. "This is very expensive" or "I have enough money," claims our children programmed into a sense of scarcity. Do we want to grow up thinking that everything is very expensive, that money is very difficult to achieve and they will never have enough?
To avoid the anxiety and tension in those moments when the kids get to ask, is a very effective alternative: mental wish list . Is to make a mental list of things the child asks. My son and I often went into toy stores, sweets or anything else to see what is and choose things to put on our list. Over time, many of the things I had asked disappear from the list. Those that remain are the ones that ended up buying at some point. a mental list? Because if you write will be more difficult things are disappearing and that, in reading the list, the child will remember all that has been asking for and will reaffirm its desire to buy.
Do you have other solutions to requests for purchases?
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