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How To StopTeen Impulse Spending

By Neelia Evelyn

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Introduction

$t%s scary.

The a#ount of #oney teenagers spend on nowadays - on food" clothing" #ovies"ga#es and entertain#ent.

&iving in the 2'st century" there see#s to be an ever increasing nu#ber of ite#steenagers can splurge on" at the e(pense of their parents.

)s an $nternet #arketer" #y *ob has been to study the psychological reasonsbehind the act of buying and spending. Yet at the sa#e ti#e" $ have often beenfaced with +uestions on how to stop or cut down on unnecessary spending.

,arents nowadays need a +uick fi( to co##unicate with their children" to stop

the# fro# spending so #uch and to educate the# about #oney.

o far" all the conventional #ethods have not worked. /ro# speaking to the#"using all the conventional persuasion and reward techni+ues to even i#posingli#its on their spending.

0hat parents need is to understand fully the psychology of teenagers and workon the#.

There is no better way to do so than to speak to an actual teenager who in #anyways represent your very own son or daughter. By hearing the# speak about

their issues and proble#s in an unrestrained #anner" there are #any insights tobe picked up on how to educate and solve the proble# of unnecessary spendingin teens.

By reading the rest of this report" you will get to hear about actual psychologicalinsights" so#e of which you do not know even e(isted.

This is powerful stuff" and *ust the right fra#e of #ind you need to be in toeducate teenagers of today about to#orrow.

1ead it" study it well and then try it.

You will be pleasantly surprised.

Yours Truly"

Neelia velyn

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The Interview

1ayner is a typical 3overspending4 teenager who spends the bulk of his

allowance and pocket #oney on food" entertain#ent and other #aterialistic

goods. $n #any ways" he is like all the other teenagers of his age 5'2 6 '78 and

hence his responses to #y +uestions should provide the necessary answers that

parents are actively looking for.

N9 Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. &et:s start with a general +uestion 6

0hat do you usually find yourself spending on;

19 $t:s #y pleasure. &ots of stuff" but mostly food< followed by leisure activities

such as pool" #ovies and so on.

Secret 19 The =' ite# that teenagers spend #ost 5and tend to overspend on8 is

food and #eals. /igure out a way to cut down their food e(penditure" and you will

be saving yourself 5and the#8 a lot of #oney. One good way of doing so is to

give the# reasons for staying ho#e to eat" instead of eating at swanky and high

priced restaurants.

N9 $ see. )re those your daily > #eals or so#ething #ore than that;

19 Basically" $ tend to eat out as #uch as $ can" since school and ho#e food is

terrible 5laughs8.

N9 You see# to spend a lot on food. )re those #eals at restaurants

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N9 $ see player #ay not

see# like so#ething of ut#ost i#portance to you" but it #ay well be to the#.

Create so#ething that has higher perceived value than what they are already

spending on or saving up for< and they will not hesitate to go after it.

19 That:s right.

N9 Ao you have any #ore e(a#ples of this;

19 D##< $ have got a friend who is saving up for an ,> player" a few of the#

in fact and as a result they cut back on other stuff like eating out less" and playing

less. They really will do whatever they can to get what they want.

N9 1ight. )s a rough guide" how #uch of your allowance do you spend on food;

19 $ would say around >E of it is spent on food and #eals alone< assu#ing

that $:# not saving for so#ething $ want.

N9 $f you:re saving for so#ething you want" the figure will be lesser;

19 Yes" that:s right. $t can be lesser in fact" *ust a #atter of whether we are willing

to do so or not.

N9 That:s an interesting point. oving on to the other !E" what do they

co#prise of;

19 )round F 6 GE" or should $ say al#ost all of the rest< is spent on

entertain#ent.

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N9 0hat kind of entertain#ent;

19 $ guess for #e it will be #ovies" pool and occasionally karaoke singing.

N9 1ight. That:s about what everyone else spends on" isn:t it;

19 Yes" a lot of other people as well