Step 2 – Consider how shopping makes you feel. Do you experience a feeling of -4- after the initial -5-?



Step 3 – Check if the items you have at home are really things you -6- or just stuff you -7-.

Step 4 – Go through your -8-. Do your clothes still have the price -9-?

Key - CASHED-UP teenagers are letting loose on spending sprees averaging $5000 a year

A. 1e) 2h) 3a) 4f) 5c) 6b) 7g) 8d)

B.

1. Parents should make their children work (part-time or do small chores) to earn extra money/their own money.

2. This is important so that teens learn to save and manage their money better – they need to know that “money doesn’t grow on trees” and so spend more wisely.

3. They mostly get their money from their parents, part-time jobs, gifts and allowances.

4. Some parents give them so much money in order to avoid conflicts and guarantee children’s instant satisfaction (to make them happy) – so they don’t want to deprive their children of anything.

C.

1. clothes, electronics and fast food.

2. use credit (cards) / plastic regularly to make purchases / buy things.

3. the money their get from their parents.   

4. $192 a week.

5. (they are) still at school/ (they are still) studying.

6. spend more money (on expensive techno toys and video games) / they have a bigger budget.

D. 1e) 2a) 3f) 4b) 5d) 6c)

E.

1. drives 2. Have you been 3. am spending 4. has been consuming 5. haven’t bought

F. 1f) 2b) 3d) 4a) 5c)  6e)

H.

B. 1) 17 2) reasons 3) paycheck 4) guilt 5) rush 6) needed 7) wanted 8) closets/wardrobe 9) tags 10) hide 11) lie 12) willpower 13) resist 14) credit cards 15) therapy 16) compulsive spending

 

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