Why are kids nowadays so concerned about material possessions?

Answer 1

Well this has become a material world, however perhaps material goods have been made so easily available to us so that we could forget what is important, and that is God.

Children do not always understand concepts such as money easily, they only identify easily with there needs, and desires.

I would say that there needs are most likely being met if they are wishing for there desires, although there desire for the material possession may in truth be the desire for Love

sometimes children ask for something, just to see if you love them enough to make them happy and purchase it for them.

However if it is troubling you, or it they are asking for to much to often, then my suggestion is to put your arm around them, tell them that you love them, and explain to them that while you would love to give them there every desire, there needs must come first.

Once you tell them this, they will not only know that you have told them that you love them, but they will also identify that yes in fact you are meeting there needs, because they have food to eat, and clothes to wear, and a home to keep them warm, which also proves your love for them.

God loves them also, and they should know that simple fact.

Answer 2

My thought on this is that kids equate material possessions with how much they're loved. Since the majority of families are either double income families with both parents working or single parents working, material possessions have been equated with love and taken the place of attention.

Since people now have less time and more money (and maybe not even, but credit cards help), material possessions are a replacement for love and attention. Instead of parents taking the time to spend with their children, they are spending for their children, instead.

Ultimately these possessions have, in turn, become this symbol for the child and they carry this idealogy out into their own world. If they have all the latest everything, other kids will think they're special (cool) and want to find a way to acquire new things so that they can feel that way too. It keeps that cycle going and the need to 'acquire' becomes endless.

Answer 3

Look around you, look at the media now, its all about how many materials, the brand, and how much it cost. No wonder kids are so depressed these days!...but to stay to the point, parents do not make them possessive over their possessions, but they allow them to. So in other words, parents have the responsibility to show them what is best, but instead, have gone materialistic and lazy as well. So all in a nutshell, its the whole environment that makes kids more concerned about material possessions.

Answer 4

Well - In the "good old days" - FAMILY was most important.
In this day in age, family is about Dad AND Mom working full time with little time else to spare for everyone else. But as children, we learn to value what our parents value - and that if often (two incomes) over one parent staying at home to "actually" raise thier children while Dad takes on a more traditional role as Provider. I know that some circumstances make that impossible for people who are divorsed or live beyond their means.......

But - Kids watch Mom and Dad place work and money at the height of the pyramid - and then realize that money is what the main goal in life is - not family. They then use all of thier money to buy a pseudo "family" by finding it through the joy of owning material possessions...............

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Answer 5

As long as parents are absent because of their work etc., the kid finds "companion" and satisfaction in material possessions.

Most of the parents, as life has become, when they have guilt about not spending much time with their children, to counteract this guilt, offer presents. Material possessions. Therefore the child starts believing that owning something material is the manifestation of parental love.

Answer 6

Hi i am kid (well im 13 but i class myself as one) I, Myself am not that into material posessions. All the kids have Ipods and xbox and playstation tvs in their own room, stereo systems ect. I have never had any of those expet this year i got an old phone (not saying its not good enough for me) Which i rarely get credit and when i do its about $10 its mostly for when i REALLY need it. Ok enough about me. It seems to me that all my friends are always trying to do better than the other. One gets an ipod nano the other gets a 500 dollar ipod! and they go and brag sayign we got a new tv or stereo system. My friend told me she got $100 dollars on her phoen and in 2 days she had $3 but it doesnt matter because shell get more. I seriously think they are wanting to do better than one another. Always saying our house is massive and we're getting a new pool or whatever. Hope i helped:)

Answer 7

Because their parents taught them to be. Somewhere along the lines, a lot of adults got the idea that conspicuous consumption is the way to go. You can't blame kids for wanting every trend that comes their way when they're raised in huge, wasteful McMansions, driven around in SUVs, and have their morning cartoons constantly interrupted with the latest toy, which their parents buy out of guilt or because they've confused gifts with love.

Answer 8

they are conditions to think they need them to be cool and fill in , it's just an evolved marketing strategy pinpointing them for certain product and mix a little sex or sex~appeal in there, and it becomes a must have to be up with everything hip.

it's just human nature and has always been just like this. except now there is tons of money pushing for the "I NEED that now' generation..

sad...

All I need is some dance music an runways and a couple of waffer thin models after the show..
but there again ..I've been molded and shaped like cookie dough.

Answer 9

the very materialistic people that I know are that way because they feel like it is a status symbol. The more things you own and the more top of the line they are then their status is higher. I do not believe that this is true but some people feel that way. Unfortunatly these beliefs are passed down to the next generation!

Answer 10

It's really sad. What happened to the good old days. I think the kids that turn out the best are the ones with parents who don't spoil them. I mean come on, pre-teens should not have designer purses and cell phones, it just makes them more greedy.