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by angel on February 10th, 2008

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My sister Is all concerned because her 8 year old son feels that his friends have more things, as in TV's, Games etc. I never had a child that cared about any of that. I told her what I thought, any ideas?

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  • by jackprat on May 30th, 2008

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    It doesnt have to be that the child is being materialistic, it would happen exactly the same if you told the child to be home eirlier than his friends had to be home, its mainly a peer thing. no one not even yourself wants to be told they cant have something or has to be in at a particular time, especially not a child. children are still primarily run on there ID (ill defined personality, this is the part of us that wants what they want when they want and they would do anything to get it. however children have also adopted the EGO which balences out ID and SUPER EGO, but if the super hasnt formed yet then there is still a power strugle between the id and ego, so the child may still seem "bad" in a real sense.

    hope this helps, all it mean sis its natural, and feeding the desires will only slow down the rate at which the super ego will emerge, by all means placate the child with a few things he wants to make time go easier, but dont give in totally

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