3058: Raising Consumer Conscious Teenagers in an Age of Excess by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3058: Joshua Becker explores practical ways to guide young people in resisting materialism, understanding advertising influence, and prioritizing experiences over possessions. By fostering mindful consumption habits early, parents can empower teens to make thoughtful financial choices that align with their values. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/consumer-conscious-teens/ Quotes to ponder: "Marketers spend billions of dollars every year targeting our children with advertisements, hoping to shape their buying habits for decades to come." "Help them see that happiness is not found in the accumulation of possessions, but in the pursuit of meaning, relationships, and contribution." "The best way to help our teenagers become wise consumers is to model it ourselves." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	forward slash express. This is Optimal Finance Daily, raising consumer-conscious teenagers in an age
0:36.9	of excess by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist.com.
0:42.2	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast Diana Merriam.
0:46.9	Welcome back to another bonus episode for the week, this time from Optimal Relationships Daily,
0:53.5	talking about consumerism and teenagers.
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1:07.0	Raising Consumer Conscious Teenagers in an Age of Excess by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist.com
1:15.1	Quote, We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap, and quote, by Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn.
1:26.0	Six years ago, we sold, donated, and discarded most of our material
1:30.4	possessions. It was a decision based on discontent with our current lives. We were tired of living
1:36.6	paycheck to paycheck, never able to get ahead, and we were growing weary of all the time,
1:42.1	energy, and effort our material possessions were draining
1:45.1	from us. We realized we had too few resources left over for the things most important to us.
1:51.7	Not only were our possessions not adding joy to our lives, they were distracting us from the
1:57.3	very things that did. Since embarking on this life-giving journey, we have found
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