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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't talk about money, ever. ... [/quote]
How do umc parents respond to their children when kids make comments regarding the cost of things? Ex... "dad I want to buy this, it's so cheap". "Oppps, it broke...I'll just buy another one, they're only a few dollars". When kids want something that is over excessive like beach slippers that will be used once but cost 30 bucks because it has a pink butterfly.... do you say it's too expensive get the cheaper ones?[/quote]
I can't imagine a truly UMC kid justifying a purchase based on the fact that it was cheap. Growing up (even when I was young and money was somewhat tighter) my parents never said we could/couldn't do or buy something due to cost. Even if cost was the reason, they never would have told us that. They said it was "too much", "unnecessary", or whatever. Most of the time, they could afford the thing and it really was about setting limits and teaching self-control. Growing up in an UMC enclave, I didn't encounter the idea of basing spending decisions on whether you could afford something until I had friends who talked like that in college. Honestly, even when I was a PhD student who could barely afford rice and beans, I would never have said I couldn't do something due to cost. I saved for an entire year to be a friend's bridesmaid, and it never once would have occurred to me to mention the financial impact on me. This isn't good or bad, but it's definitely a UMC/UC thing.[/quote]

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