When we go for grocery shopping and our li'l girl wants us to buy something for her, she asks 2 questions: 1) Is it expensive? 2) Do we have money? We really didn't teach her to ask those questions but I guess she got that idea because when she was smaller and wants us to buy something for her, we either tell her, "we can't buy that bicycle because it's too expensive" or " we don't have money to buy a Barbie doll and etc."
But it's touching though that she asks these questions first, rather than taking the item she wants and forcing us to buy it for her. I've seen a lot of 'grocery scenes' where kids throw tantrums and roll on the floor if the parents don't buy for them what they want. If we buy everything our kids wants, then I guess we would all go bankrupt and would need debt consolidation. That's why we somehow need to control our kids when it comes to shopping. Most of the time, before we go out to shop, we would have to condition them first that it's a " No Buying Day" for them but a " Play Pen Day" because we'll give then time to play in the play pen. But as Mom, sometimes I would wish I could buy whatever my kids desire. I mean, there's no price in the joy in their eyes whenever they get their dream toys and such. But most of the times, these so-called dream toys are also unbelievably expensive that the parents will end up having a credit card debt or consolidate debt. So, that's why it's wiser to say 'NO' to some of our kids' wishes and that somehow teaches them to wait or not to become too materialistic
But it's touching though that she asks these questions first, rather than taking the item she wants and forcing us to buy it for her. I've seen a lot of 'grocery scenes' where kids throw tantrums and roll on the floor if the parents don't buy for them what they want. If we buy everything our kids wants, then I guess we would all go bankrupt and would need debt consolidation. That's why we somehow need to control our kids when it comes to shopping. Most of the time, before we go out to shop, we would have to condition them first that it's a " No Buying Day" for them but a " Play Pen Day" because we'll give then time to play in the play pen. But as Mom, sometimes I would wish I could buy whatever my kids desire. I mean, there's no price in the joy in their eyes whenever they get their dream toys and such. But most of the times, these so-called dream toys are also unbelievably expensive that the parents will end up having a credit card debt or consolidate debt. So, that's why it's wiser to say 'NO' to some of our kids' wishes and that somehow teaches them to wait or not to become too materialistic
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