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How to educate children to have a correct view of consumption
As parents, how to deal with this problem properly when children want something outside is helpful to shape their correct values and consumption views. The following is divided into eight aspects to explain this problem.

Monitor children's consumption behavior

Parents need to supervise their children's consumption behavior and let them know how to spend moderately. This can be achieved by recording and limiting children's expenses.

Encourage children to manage their finances independently.

Teach children how to manage money, let them learn to control their finances better and avoid excessive consumption. Children can be given pocket money to arrange their own expenses.

Establish a correct view of consumption

Parents need to talk to their children about consumption concepts and help them establish correct values. Let children know what they need and want, and teach them to give up and avoid waste.

Learn to consider the pros and cons with children.

When children want something, they should be educated to consider the feasibility, usefulness, value and financial impact on the whole family.

Follow the prescribed rules.

When a child asks for something, parents can follow the rules made in advance. For example, parents can ask their children to buy them with their own pocket money, or earn money by completing housework.

♀? Explain why you can't buy it.

If children really don't need or can't buy something, then parents need to explain to their children why they can't buy it and educate them to cherish what they have.

Look for alternatives

When children can't buy what they want, parents can help them find substitutes. For example, children's needs can be met by borrowing books, renting movies, assembling cards and making handicrafts.

lead by example

For children, parents' consumption concepts and values are the best examples. Therefore, parents need to set an example, cultivate children's correct values and consumption concepts, and let children gradually understand that "spending money carefully, not coveting temporary happiness."