Reflection Of Affluenza

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In todays society, the culture that the young children of our generation have been exposed to negates the positive values we try to instill in them at home and in our schools. In Affluenza by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor, an analogy of a horrible disease provides a outstanding basis in which we can observe and learn about what ways our society is becoming desensitized towards positivity, intelligence, modesty, creativity and beauty. The next generation is always the most important when the one before ages. Early in child’s life, family stability and the right information from the world around them are so important. In Affluenza, examples and ideas are provided proving that the marketplace negatively affects the development …show more content…

The necessities I worry about on a daily basis include schooling, food, and car payments. Those are all things I need to spend money on in my life. But what do I buy that I do not need? A lot it turns out. I have many friends that are a lot worse off than me, and have the ability to buy whatever they want because their parents let them roam free with their money. Fortunately, my parents never had very much so I never had access to the money that they earned. This taught me how to earn on my own, and the responsibility of paying for what I want or need. In general I believe I have been good about not over buying and consuming, but I do have my own slip ups. Sometimes if I have a little extra money I go out and buy new clothes or makeup even though I have a closet full of clothes and a desk full of makeup. I, like many others, are attracted to buying and having more. Although that is a negative but pretty obvious side affect of consumer culture, I believe I struggle but do well with a different issue. The biggest consumer tactic that makes the most affect on people my age is the iPhone. Over the past few years, the iPhone has been bought by almost every person I know. They keep continually making them, there are 4 different kinds and within those kinds there are two to three other options of updates something bigger or made from something different. All my friends fall for this one, buying the new one when it comes out if they can afford it, breaking their old one so they can get a new one, or just wishing they could have the newest version because they think it is the coolest. I also have trouble with this. I have had the same phone for a couple of years now and it is a few versions behind of what the newest one is, and sometimes I wish I could have the newer one. Thankfully I have the willpower to

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