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[quote=Anonymous]Why wait instead of buying your child something everything she wants it?
1) To teach the distinction between needs and wants. Needs are more important than wants. This teaches children  about establishing priorities in life--not just about stuff.
2) To teach patience and delayed gratification. There are so, so many studies out there showing the importance of teaching delayed gratification for success and happiness in life.
3) To impart the value that you can't buy your way to happiness and satisfaction.
I'm not some miserly parent, and my DD certainly has her fair share of trendy things, but I am really astonished by the number of 10 year olds I see at DD's private school who wear Alo and Golden Goose to school. Grade school boys wearing sneakers that cost $300. Ironically, some of these kids don't even care; it's the moms who are pushing the labels onto the kids!
In the end, it's not about having or flaunting wealth, it's about developing virtues of humility and prudence so that our kids can be happier and more fulfilled adults.[/quote]

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