I feel like I'm outside your target demographic but I'm glad I've found your content. I went back and watched your earliest videos and you've grown so much as a presenter, you absolutely deserve even more than the 300 subs you seem to have added in the last ~week since I subscribed myself.

I have been thinking a LOT about the intersection of children and overconsumption and very thoroughly appreciate your take and perspective as a parent! I've been thinking about this via the lens of child influencers and less about how do parents make choices about their kids or with their kids. So thank you for giving me much to think about

Another great video! I love your sweater. I get happy when you reference Shawna Ripari. She has been life changing to me🎉

Omg I'm the first viewer of this video! I love your channel, have been listening to your videos as a sortof podcast while cleaning etc. You've improved so much in making videos since starting this channel, it's really great, keep on going!! ❤

I really love that cardigan 😍 this video was so interesting for me, I've just hit a stage with my five year old where all he wants to do is buy things. I'm not on a high income (stay at home mum/part time student) so I have to be quite ruthless about saying no, and sometimes it feels like a constant battle. He doesn't use a tablet or games console, and we recently banned him from KZfaq as it was having such an adverse effect on his behaviour, although what he was watching seemed totally harmless - I assume he was overstimulated. So he's exposed to much less advertising than similar-aged kids and we're already floundering a little bit - hoping that we can instill some of our values and ideas around overconsumption before the teenage years arrive, once he's a little older and better able to grasp concepts around money.

A pretty intense excitement occurs when a new video is gifted! Thank you for enlivening the scene!

I totally agree. Today we were singing with grandma and grandaunt in the garden. I would really add to help the kids build meaningful relationships offline so they KNOW what it feels. In addition to all the meaningful activities screens can be a good tool to learn. As with your music video - I don’t think it’s scary these young people found the video online, I love how they transferred it to their hobby and their real life. My kids - as I mentioned before - watch concerts on KZfaq with me. My son loves The Beatles ❤ of course we have to be role models and guide them by using Social Media mindfully. With consumerism I am a bit anxious about school. Until now my kids simply wore hand-me-downs. On toy day in kindergarten they admire the extremely expensive (and overwhelmingly electronic) toys of the others but LOVE the book or doll they brought. But especially my 4yo daughter starts to fancy things like glitter dresses and Baby Born (I don’t like it because I think a doll that you can feed is an invitation to bacteria and fungus and glitter gets as micro plastic into the water with every wash and YES I was kind of a tomboy and always preferred cars or bricks). I now have the deal with her that she has to wear some items from her brother but gets 3 per category Second Hand how she wants it. No glitter that is loose on the clothes. How I handle her Christmas wish for a Baby Born doll I don’t know yet. But how much restriction will push them in the opposite direction later? Where should I let some ideals fall (like repairing ripped knees in jeans) to not let them be the weird, uncool kids? My 5, almost 6yo son will start school this summer. He is gifted, has concentration problems (we work on it by going to a special therapy, dance class and learning the guitar) and likes long hair and dresses. He will be an outsider no matter what. I am happy he already knows some kids in class from kindergarten. I try to give him self esteem to be himself. But do I do him a favor with sending him to school with handmade clothes? With patches on his knees? Now he is proud of it but I fear the other kids…

Not a shopper, not a parent! But... This is so obviously important stuff! The next generation will need extensive savings if they want to gain the American dream of further education and/or a house. Buying unnecessary stuff will cut into those dreams. Capitalism is a double-edged sword! Jobs and revenue are important! Taxes help run our government ( which I for one think is a necessary structure!) But over consumption ( that which this channel is all about) threatens much of our decent way of life. Parents need to think long and hard about what world they want for their children!

Ohh yes-they don’t have the ability to discern reality from the fantasy created by those haul influencers. The frontal lobe isn’t fully developed and impulse control is nil. Parents have a purpose and we have had our legs cut out from under us by social media. That’s my experience with my own kids.

I have an idea I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on. You've mentioned the aspirational lifestyle and I think part of that is the aestheticization of life. In my teens I really suffered with feeling like my whole life had to fit whatever aesthetic was 'cool' at the time. While it was part of learning who I was and my taste It also lead to overconsumption and decluttering. Because it was the era of Tumblr I was able to narrow down very specific items and once a new aesthetic came around the items felt so dated. When I wasn't able to acquire said items, I felt as if I couldn't express myself or was deficient. Thankfully I have grown out of this (atleast mostly!). I'd be curious to know your thoughts on this and if you ever fell into this trap. Also how you think you would feel or respond if your kids wanted things to fit into a specific 'aesthetic' or subculture they felt their identity was tied to.