When your child makes a statement, ask him whether he might be misled about that. Share a time when you were misled (but use an example that steers clear of parent-child issues). When watching a commercial together, casually point out how it’s designed to make you want something that you may not need. Point out situations in which your child and a friend may have different perceptions or responses to a book or movie and that just because his friend liked something doesn’t mean that your child will. He has his own truth. At the supermarket, point out to your child how the packaging and displays
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