From the category archives:

Consumerism

To Limit Spending, Limit Your Exposure to Advertising

March 27, 2007

One of the things we’ve noticed in our family is that the more advertising we see, the more stuff we are likely to want. This is especially true with our children. We try to minimize the amount of advertising they are exposed to which helps to alleviate some of the “I wants”. [...]

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Minimizing Commercialism At Christmas

November 13, 2006

Donna at the Weight of Money had an interesting article and helpful ideas on children and budget holidays.  I like the idea of employing different methods based on the ages of the children. 
With our children we have emphasized the true meaning of Christmas and tried to downplay the commercialism.  We let each child make a list [...]

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Apple iPOD?

October 18, 2006

First, what is an IPOD. IPOD is just an MP3 player. An MP3 player is a device that stores your music, pictures or video. Think of an MP3 player as a computer hard drive that stores information.
When choosing an MP3 player pick the one that best fits you. The IPOD is a good MP3 player [...]

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