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Nowadays, many children are keen on blind boxes, and playing games are generally addictive, which is not a good atmosphere.
There are a few children in the community who are particularly obsessed with blind box cards, and parents are heartbroken and helpless, especially want to scold people.
Because parents have to go to work, children will go to the small dinner table to eat at noon and after school in the afternoon. The children got together and started talking about what they liked, and the blind box cards bore the brunt of it.
You say a word to me, what character cards do I have, what character cards do you have, everyone wants to communicate with each other. They spin their heads very quickly and trade in two ways.
The first, a rare card, needs to be bought at a high price. The second is to put the card into a paper bag, call it a "blind box", write the words "super" or "lucky bag", mark different prices, and buy what is what.
The end result is that some children spent 100 yuan to buy 6 Ultraman cards, and some children spent 20-40 yuan to buy a few second-hand cards that they did not like very much.
Parents feel particularly angry when they know this, and directly shout in the group: the child seems to be playing a little clever and has earned some small profits, and has no conscience! I don't know what it will be like in the future, don't be complacent.
Everyone also said:
These children have business acumen, it is useless to the right place. Today's children are not bad money, and it is not a good thing that there is no limit to money in their hands. Children who spend 100 yuan to buy a few packs of Ultraman cards often see, these cards are really not worth the money, but the children buy them happily.
This blind box is to see the child's consumer psychology, no matter how expensive it is, some people buy it.
"Business Teenagers" magazine 02 has an article called "Little Blind Box, Trap Your Happiness", which explains in detail the reasons why children like blind boxes, and parents will understand it when they look at it.
Why are children keen to buy blind boxes?
The first is the "gathering psychology".
The same category of blind boxes include different styles, when buying do not know what will be bought, can only buy the hand after opening, to know whether it is their long-awaited style, if not, can only try to buy again.
The worse the last two, the harder it is to gather. Because there is a probability, it is possible to buy more than 100 to collect all the styles. Having bought so much, the children are even more reluctant to give up, as long as they want to have all the styles, they must keep buying.
Just like when we bought crisp noodles when we were children, there are character cards in it, and in order to have a set of cards, we will buy a few more packs.
The second is the psychological dominance of "scarce things are precious".
Children who can collect all the blind box styles must be a minority, and whoever gathers them will be proud, envious and adored, and children want to have such a sense of superiority. Among them, rare cards can also be sold at a high price to make a part of the profit.
Finally, enjoy the joy of unpacking the blind box.
Some children are addicted to buying things, not necessarily for the sake of gathering, nor for the sake of envy or resale, but purely to enjoy the joy of opening the blind box. It is very satisfying when unpacking, exciting when it is placed in the cabinet, happy when seeking the approval of partners, and it is also a social need!
Children are keen on blind boxes to harm greatly, who follows the trend who suffers!
Once the children start the pursuit of the blind box, they will flock to it, and the benefits are not many, and the disadvantages are many.
The child can't stop buying and can't take it. Such an uncontrolled purchase is bound to trigger a financial crisis, but the children will not realize it.
Some children have a lot of pocket money on hand and can dispose of it freely. When there is no money, as long as you reach out to your parents for money, your parents can also give. Their wishes are satisfied, but they are easy to develop the habit of extravagance and waste, unable to establish a correct concept of consumption, and easy to be deceived.
Several children known to Ning's mother do not blink an eye when buying things, do not distinguish between good and bad, do not make comparisons, as long as others say good, raise their hands to buy.
If your child is strapped for money, he may be confused. Some follow the sales method of blind boxes, use some cards to make blind boxes, mark a high price, and sell them to smaller, rich children.
Some of our older children here have such a "business" mind, have successfully earned a lot, have aroused parental vigilance, and then in a similar situation, they have to find parents to settle accounts.
Children's dependence on blind boxes is really too harmful.
The lack of financial and business education is too terrible, and parents should pay attention to it
Children are keen on blind boxes, and the big problem reflected behind them is that children lack financial and business education, or they have no concept of money, or they do not use improper means to earn money, which is very undesirable.
If your child is addicted to the blind box, be sure to pay attention to it, let him brake early, and at the same time carry out financial and business education, so that the child can transfer his energy to the right path.
Tell the child the history of the blind box, the truth, the value of the general commodity, plus a package, turned into an expensive blind box, resulting in uncontrolled irrational consumption, in exchange for a momentary happiness, but sooner or later will eat "soil".
If you don't know how to communicate this problem with your child, you can show him the article "Little Blind Box, Trap Your Happiness" and the child will understand.
Give children financial enlightenment, let children know what money is, how it comes from, how money should be kept and distributed, and how to do it is the right way to make money.
For example, the money can be deposited in the bank, but it is not just a simple deposit, but also can buy wealth management products, funds, etc., so that money can make money, which are reasonable ways to make money. It is not right to use the method of pitting people and making profits.
Regarding the enlightenment of financial intelligence, it is not limited to the points mentioned above, it is a very broad category, most of us parents do not understand, you can prepare some picture books, books, magazines for your children, a wide range of information.
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