something your child begged you to buy. if you have the cash handy, i want you to put the dollars you spent to purchase that item on top of the item. or write down on a post-it the cost of each item. then talk about whether you, and they think you got your money’s worth out of the item. explain what you mean by that: was the cost worth it given how often (or not) the item was used, or appreciated. i think you will all agree that the money spent on the used item was worth it. but now focus on the unused item. i want you to ask 