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Anyone else guilty of this? (media.piefed.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

If you give your kid access to your credit card you're a fool. Those are parents who perhaps needed to learn some extra lessons in life.

The second the kid goes to school, they're faced with every single fad anyway. It's insanity. Everyone wants a croc, a Stanley, a labubu. My kids see the ads built in to the YouTubes, and they see it from friends, and I do my best to explain to them what's happening.

And if they earn some money, or get birthday money, and they want to burn it on some nonsense, I explain to them what's happening but ultimately give them some autonomy. And when the next thing comes along and they can't spend money because they have none, they either learn or they don't.