ADOLESCENTI E DENARO. COSA PUO' SPINGERE A FARE IL DENARO QUANDO DIVENTA UN VALORE DETERMINANTE

KIDS + MONEY , A FILM BY LAUREN GREENFIELD

.....................This 30-minute documentary short is an illuminating portrait of several young people in Los Angeles and the complex and intricate role that money plays in their lives. Ranging in age from 11 to 17, and spanning several socio-economic levels, thirteen kids (and a few of their parents) are interviewed in their homes, and discuss everything from their shopping habits and addictions, the importance of clothes and fitting-in at school, getting money from parents versus making their own money, and the overwhelming pressures of consumerism and image in LA................, CLICCA

A MARGINE DEL FILM IL PRODUTTORE FORNISCE UNA SERIE DI RIFLESSIONI E QUESTIONARI (ESSENDO UN FILM DOCUMENTARIO) PER UN APPROFONDIMENTO SU ADOLESCENTI/DENARO

...............Discussion prompts for students.......................(clicca x help for families)

• Who do you relate to in the film? Who do you not relate to? • Using examples from the film, explain the difference between the things we ‘want’ and the things we ‘need.’ • Are you affected by advertising? Do your consumption patterns reflect trends set by the media, your peers, or yourpersonality? • What does a brand name mean to you? How does wearing brand names make you feel? How important are clothes orshoes in your life? Are clothes more or less important in different grades? Do you define other people by them? • Do you have a part-time job? Has it affected your attitude about money? Has it influenced how you spend? Do you get an allowance? Do you need to do any work or chores in order to get it? • Do you talk about money with your friends? How is peer pressure related to money? Are your attitudes about money thesame as or different from your friends? Does money shape how you think about your peers? Does it influence how youthink about yourself? • Is there a difference between how girls and boys spend money? What are the different reasons for spending money and/or acquiring things? • Do you influence how your parents spend their money (e.g. type, volume, and brand of purchase)? How are your spending patterns similar to or different from theirs? What have they taught you — directly or indirectly — to think about money? • Define the following terms: ‘materialism,’ ‘charity,’ ‘spendthrift,’ ‘greed,’ ‘rich,’ ‘poor,’ ‘middle class.’ Are these concepts necessarily related to money? Why? Why not? • Does money influence your major decisions and priorities? Have your attitudes about money changed over time? Do you think they will? Why? Why not? • According to recent polling data, “as a group, young people have become far more eager to be wealthy than ever before.” (Shop ‘Til We Drop: Consumer Culture in the New Gilded Age, Juliet B. Schor, p.177) Do you think this is true? If so, why? Why now?

...........Discussion prompts for parents...................(clicca x help for families)

• Which young person in the film reminded you of your own? Why? • Does your child receive an allowance? Does he or she have to complete chores in order to receive it? • Do your kids work part-time? Do you think working affects how they think about money? • Do your children save the money they earn or do they spend it right away? Do they have a savings account or a piggy bank? If they save, what do they save for? Do they understand the difference between saving and investing? • Do you place restrictions on what your children can buy? Why? Why not? • How do the images and messages conveyed in the popular media influence your children’s attitudes about money? Are you influenced in similar ways? List five ways a parent can counteract these influences. • What are the most expensive material goods that you have bought for your children over the past year? What made you buy these items? • At one point, one of the parents comments “to fit in and be ‘normal’ you need to look a certain way.” Do you agree? Why? Why not? • When should parents begin talking to their kids about money? Have you ever discussed family finances with your children?

ORSO CASTANO : non esistono enciclopedie ne' libri che contengono tutti i consigli utili per i genitori. Ogni famiglia ha una storia a se', complessa , e percorre il suo sentiero piu' o meno tortuoso o, magari, quasi lineare (ce lo auguriamo) . Certo e' che i genitori danno al denaro ed al successo un'importanza assoluta e centrale per la vita , rischiano di spingere i figli su strade a dir poco scivolose. Segnaliamo questo sito USA (Help for Families) e vi invitiamo caldamente a visitarlo per valutarlo. Ve ne saremo molto grati. Se e' valido lo sponsorizzeremo. Grazie. clicca x il sito "Help for families", usate il traduttore google

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