My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.
Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
We have very specific rules about how we go to market with children, and I think they are very responsible.
I don't want to buy something that has harmed anyone. This is my absolutely strongest belief, and I believe other people think this, too. Or if they don't now, they will.
You get more irrationality within the family and in consumer behavior than you get, say, in the behavior of firms in their purchases.
Putting even one thing in your shopping basket that's locally produced or organic makes all the difference. It's a vote for the future, for animal welfare, for the environment, for your children's children.
A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.
In terms of merchandise, you can't force anyone to buy something.