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In the past children were taught how to save money, but today they only learn how to spend it. Do you agree?

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It is believed that in previous times children were motivated to learn ways to save
money
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money, however
however
 recently
this
 trend is
fliped
lightly throw to see which side comes up
flipped
 as children are more into spending
money
. In my opinion,
this
 is totally the case. If the look back at our past
generations we
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generations, we
 will witness that children were
encourged
inspired with confidence
encouraged
 to save their
money
 and use it later for productive use. A good illustration can be that in the past children use to have piggy banks to collect their savings and they were taught to spend that
money
 to buy something productive or for leisure activities. Another way to pond in
this
 matter is that we as elders are not being
the good
Suggestion
the best
 example to follow by our children. We are living in the age
where owing
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where, owing
where owning
 an expensive watch, fancy car or spending more is considered as supremacy.
it
Suggestion
It
 is the norm to spend more these days. Children learn from our actions
that is
 why they are more into spending
money
 these days. In conclusion, we are living in the era where children are spending more
money
 to fit in the society as
thats
Suggestion
that's
 the
trnd
a general direction in which something tends to move
trend
 now.
they
Suggestion
They
 are not being taught to save their
money
.

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