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Also, AG has its high point at the 5-7 year old range, when the girls are much less "brand" conscious.  Maybe if they were 10-12, they would notice the difference, but at that age the girls are mostly just playing with them in their bedroom -- not so much at playdates.[/quote]

[b]Kids become brand conscious and buy into brands only if taught so by their parents.[/b]  So don't teach it to them parents. (I'm talking to you, owners of the $1300 LV canvas Neverfull bags)
Teach them to use their brains and look for quality and VALUE, instead of being suckered in by marketing.[/quote]

How old are your kids?  The first time your kids come home crying from school because every other kid has a Pokémon lunch box, and some kid made fun of their non-branded lunch box, and you're like "What the hell is Pokémon?  And they make lunchboxes?"  you realize that it's really not about the parents.  It's about every other kid's parents.  Maybe if you live in Brooklyn or on a commune in Vermont, you can escape it all, but not in the rest of America.  My kids are pretty immune to peer pressure, because they are bookworms that are basically oblivious to what's going on around them, but even they sometimes wake up and smell the Marvel heroes (and whatever else is going on).  I am pretty confident my 5th grader is mocked by some other girls for not wearing the cool brands, but she's so out of it that I don't think she realizes it, and I'm so out of it that I don't know what the cool brands are for 10 year olds.  Also, I've never heard of Neverfull.  Is that a thing?  Is it really never full?  I'm imagining something like Mary Poppins bag where she pulls the floor lamp out of it -- I would pay $1300 for that!  [/quote]

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