Materialism permeates our everyday life. Commercials, magazines, and the internet scream values at us that send all kinds of wrong messages to our kids. Couper will be two years old soon and he’s already grasping the concept of “mine.” I believe that values are often caught more than taught. If we want to raise our kids to be grateful, content, compassionate, and to have a healthy perspective, we have to live out those values ourselves.

Here are a few things I think we can do to help us stomp out materialism before it creeps into our kids lives: