<ul><li>Parents today believe they’ve done a good job if they give their child everything they want.</li><li>When kids confuse wants and needs, they feel entitled to the item they desire.</li><li>Kids can judge the love of their parents based on their willingness to deliver that item.</li><li>This can lead to an invisible emotional wall between parent and teen.</li><li>Teenagers don’t always understand life’s “social contract”.</li><li>The Hot Air Balloon Exercise helps individuals force-rank what they really need to survive.</li><li>Based on a recent US survey, today’s adults believe they need 1000% more items than those surveyed 50 years ago.</li><li>Children may come down with affluenza, which causes them to confuse wants and needs.</li><li>Michelle Singletary believes in thinking twice before spending money on things you don’t need.</li><li>The happiest people are not the ones who have the most, but the ones who need the least.</li></ul>

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