As Martijn said in his last blog, adults should have a boundary when shopping with their friends. However they should not only limit their own budget when shopping, but also their teenager’s budget.
Teenagers nowadays know what they want, designer clothes and expensive products from Tiffany’s, Coach and Armani. Wearing the “right” brands is a form of peer pressure that also affects parents with smaller budgets. Of course many teenagers work for their money, but others are just used to getting everything they want, whenever they want it. This is not possible anymore when they are adults, so peer pressure will not only affect their lives when they are younger but might negatively influence their way of living when they grow older. This is why they need to learn to manage there own spending money when they are young.
I don’t think that involving kids in charity work is the best solution for this problem. They might realize that they spend too much on clothing, but won’t they forget all this when they see the latest coach bag? In my opinion, giving them a fixed allowance is a better solution.
Jolien Sichien
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