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I have the strong urge to raise my children (a three-year old and a newborn) without over-indulgence when it comes to materialistic "stuff"—since I believe that it creates happier and more emotionally robust children in the long term. Instead we go to playgrounds, parks, playgroups etc. as much as we can. My son does have what I consider many toys, but I want to prevent the amount from becoming excessive. Unfortunately, I have problems explaining my views to my husband and making it clear that I don't want to keep the children from having fun, but that I also don't want them to grow up drowning in stuff. I wonder how they'll be able to still experience joy and excitement later on, if they get everything at the age of two or three. I would appreciate if you could advise me of some useful sources of information/references to help me out. Thanks so much for your time.