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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my kids are 7 & 5 - is it time to tell them we can't afford some of the things their friends enjoys because daddy & mommy don't make enough money? and when they ask why don't you do i say because we're not as well-educated or competitive or our parents didn't have money?[/quote]

How about telling them that you make different choices than spending your family's money on things?  I tell my three-year-old that if we break something, we don't just replace it right away -- we can fix it, we can do without it ... similarly, if she wants something that I don't want to spend money on (whether because of the thing itself or because of the cost), I tell her that's not how we choose to spend the money I earn.  It's worked so far -- and it's what my parents told me.  I grew up in a very affluent suburb in a comfortable-but-not-affluent family, and while I remember the angst of longing for things my friends had that we couldn't afford, I think I got some good lessons about values in the process.[/quote]

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