Domestic economic crisis, said the children how to

86% of parents whose families are in financial crisis will tell their children to listen, they think their children know their parents will be better understood; 14% of parents will not tell their children, worried about the impact of the child's feelings, or feel that there is no meaning to tell him. The financial crisis has affected many families, when the household expenditure of the pressure to become parents, your children how to explain why he could not buy the latest Xbox or the high price of the toys? Changes in domestic economic conditions may affect a child's life, but does not affect the growth of the child's happiness. This article will tell you that under the economic crisis, how to please a child for parents to share a little. -Psytopic.com


Mary Gresham to question 5

Accelerated as the economy down and people worry that their assets are decreasing, a clinical psychologist Mary Gresham said, parents can leave the traditional shopping habits changed to non-material consumption celebrations to change them and their children to buy habits.

In her 20 years of personal practice, Gresham has been working with parents and children is committed to family financial problems. To deal with monetary losses, such as, family costs, well-off families to raise responsible children, cost overruns, forced to, as well as the use of family history of money implications. She provides many examples, such as how to resist the temptation to children, families how to provide an alternative to traditional gift shop to buy the consumption patterns, and why consumer behavior in different age groups in different examples. Gresham stressed that the money the same pressure as other pressure can be eliminated.


Q1: What is the best way to explain to your child why you can not buy the latest series of the Xbox 360? And parents on how to deal with children's "all the other children to buy" argument?

A1: The act of buying the latest product from an elimination of the conduct of peer pressure to allow the children to defer the purchase is not easy, but can be done. This year, all children may not be new series of products (as a result of the financial crisis). If we answer "no" into "Why not" what will happen? Why not with your children together called for a boycott of buy them? Tell them that you can not always be the first time you want. You give them an example, but one you want to have to wait very example. Ask their opinions, is to buy one you can afford it or gifts into a celebration - do not need to meet the purchase of too many things. Deciding on these things together is very helpful because everyone has the chance to participate in decision making, we will be more receptive to change.


Q2: How do you help your child do not feel cheated? Is there a way to let everyone with them?

A2: the family can set up new rules and give them more options to curb their tendency to. They can say "no gifts", they can also be said as to the development of a family charitable projects, they can do with their own name to the tendency to limit the gifts, such as the exchange of coupons or coupons that read "to help you clean up the room "or" do you like the food "- the annual effective. In this way, everyone joined the same scheme, and they want. It may not be everyone's new toy was crazy, but it is unique and needs to fulfill your gift.


Q3: How do parents allow their children to encourage the purchase of a clear understanding of business practices and to help them understand why the market just when the purchase of goods is not in line with the best interests of their buying behavior?

A3: I think that if kids know what happened behind the scenes, they will have different reactions. According to materialism ( "high-priced materialism" Tim Kasser, and and "America's over-spending" by Juliet score of) research suggests that young people tend to make a positive response, and oppose the manipulation of large organizations. When quitting smoking movement began, an effective way is to ask young people whether they want to be those who profit by deception addictive large enterprises? Tell your child, advertisers trying to do sounds better than the fact that they deliberately create chaos so that consumers want to buy our own things. In addition, show them how to work with brands to create corporate profits. Studies have shown that this factor if the exclusion of brand, consumers can not distinguish between a T-shirt and 20 U.S. dollars for 100 U.S. dollars What is the difference between a shirt. Young people will respond positively to such information, because they do not want other people's interests to be lured.



Q4: Do you think people of different ages will have the distinction of material consumption? How the economic downturn affect people's spending habits?

A4: Yes, because of age differences in consumer attitudes and the existence of consumer spending is different. Our standard of living necessities, increasing the standard from the luxurious comfort. We also need a certain degree of intervention and goal-oriented conversation to change this trend of consumption of material to the spiritual life. The baby boom generation has gone through a drastic period of questioning the material of life, and this trend will close links with us. I often hear, we can use now is a good word - "hippie culture" to interpret the question - how are we going to sacrifice our lives to the pursuit of material enjoyment.


Q5: in today's market collapse caused by financial problems caused by more family pressure? How would you recommend people to maintain mental health?

A5: This is a terrible moment, even for those people there is no crisis. Stress management, including financial pressures, the fundamental solution of the pressure and other types of solutions are the same. Many people mistakenly believe that only money can solve their own financial pressures. (Which is quite some stop-gap measures, but the solution is causal in the fruit, without a clear understanding of the result of this fruit, because the problem is not resolved, the fruit will still be the problem)

Reduce a person's anxiety is useful. Yoga, walking or swimming are all good relief valve. The more you would like to make money, more like how not to lose more, you are more likely to have more anxiety, and the smaller the probability of solving the problem.

In addition, the laissez-faire is not the pressure of it will hurt you overall health. Not to attempt to passive watching TV, or excessive drinking, this is of no use to escape the pressure, it can do worse. Some of their patience, and think everyone is now to address the financial crisis caused by financial setbacks, and most parents of their children are likely to be refused the request. You should feel relieved that the whole family all in the face of this problem, which many families in the world in efforts to reduce expenditure.

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