Deinfluencing Kid Stuff: These Parents are TEACHING OVERCONSUMPTION

Frugal Friends Podcast

Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures

Leisure, Home & Garden, Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Parents want to give their kids the best—the toys, the experiences, the memories. But that desire, fueled by pressure to be the “perfect parent,” often leads to overspending and financial stress. In this episode, Jen and Jill explore why this happens, the three main areas parents overspend, and how to take a more mindful approach.

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0:00.0	de-influencing kids' stuff, these parents are teaching over consumption.
0:09.7	Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, and live a rich in your life.
0:19.5	Here are your host, Jen and Jill.
0:25.6	Welcome to frugal friends.
0:27.7	My name is Jen.
0:29.0	My name is Jill.
0:30.3	And spending on kids is out of control.
0:34.7	I don't know.
0:35.9	I know.
0:37.1	I'm actively trying to not overspend and to not succumb to social media.
0:43.3	And I am feeling it. Yeah. And it is never more present than on TikTok and Instagram.
0:50.7	I don't have children. So I'm a little bit more of an observer of this and feel
0:55.4	like I have seen it get crazier and crazier. But I also experience it myself when it comes
1:00.3	my nieces and nephews. Like, I can say all the things. And then when it comes to their
1:05.3	birthdays or the holidays, I'm like spending McSenderson. Well, the aunts, aunts and uncles and grandmas and grandpas.
1:12.3	That's our role.
1:13.2	Right, right.
1:14.0	That is your job.
1:15.0	As parents, it's not our job, right?
1:19.3	So how did it get out of control?
1:22.2	And we're going to trace it back with receipts and try to help you say no to some of these assumptions that have
1:32.8	just become normalized for no reason. All right. So let's start with, is there any data to support
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