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In 2000, according to Barber, "there were 31 million American kids between twelve and nineteen, controlling 155 billion consumer dollars. Just four years later, there were 33.5 million kids controlling $169 billion, or roughly $91 per week per kid".

Schor argues that "children age four to twelve made $30 billion" in purchases in 2002, while kids aged twelve to nineteen "accounted for $170 billion of personal spending."

Molnar and Boninger cite figures indicating that pre-teens and teenagers command "$200 billion in spending power."

Young people are attractive to corporations because they are big spenders, but that is not the only reason. They also exert a powerful influence on parental spending. According to Anap Shah, "Children (under 12) and teens influence parental purchases totaling over $670 billion a year."

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In the US alone the advertising and marketing industry spends over $17 billion a year on shaping children's identities and desires.

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"The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.​"

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"Modern people's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at shop windows, and in buying all that they can afford to buy."

Erich Fromm

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Do you need to contribute to the happiness of others, in order that you may also be happy?​

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Do you need to contribute to the happiness of others, in order that you may also be happy?​

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Happiness includes feeling content about your life. Can you feel content about your life without contributing to the same contentment among other people - friends, family, strangers?​

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Would you prefer friendship or fries with that? Is happiness about being or having?​

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Is happiness a feeling - that comes and goes? Like pleasure & pain.​ Or is happiness a state of mind - that can stick around a while, depending on circumstances?​

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*https://padlet.com/decv/happinessdiscussion
Assuming all ten activities are part of a happy life, which would you rank first, through to last:​

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a. sitting in a dentist chair​

b. eating your favourite food​

c. playing a game by yourself​

d. reading a book​

e. sitting deep in thought with other students​

f. having fun with a friend​

g. helping a classmate with homework​

h. having an interesting conversation​

i. going to visit your grandparents​

j. traveling and meeting people​

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Can you feel it?​
Do you need to get it somewhere?​
Does it cost anything?​
Can everyone have it?​
Does it last long?​

Can you be happy by yourself?​

Or do you need others?​

Is it about having or doing?​