Family and Consumer Sciences

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consumerism

Is Your Stuff Creating Stress?

I have a confession to make.  I keep a lot of stuff – things that may come in handy “someday.”  But in truth, the majority of my possessions are rarely, if ever, used.  And I’m not alone.  Americans like to shop for, receive, own, collect, display, and store things.  And when we tire of the […]

WRITTEN BY: Kathy Michelich, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Warren County, Ohio

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Ohio Self-Storage Association
  • “A Cluttered Life: Middle-Class Abundance” online viewing web series at http://www.uctv.tv/clutter or http://www.youtube.com/uctvprime
  • “Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors,” by Jeanne E. Arnold, Anthony Graesch, Enzo Ragazzini, and Elinor Ochs.

Book Review: Born to Buy, by Juliet Schor

Concerned about the influence of consumerism on your family? Consider reading Born to Buy, a well-researched book focusing on the relationship between children and consumerism. I have read a couple of Schor’s books over the years, and have found them to be very enlightening. This particular book was first published in 2004, but is even […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

SOURCES:

  • Schor, Juliet. (2004). Born to buy. New York, NY: Scribner.

Internet Behavioral Marketing

Technology has certainly streamlined the once time consuming process of researching products and checking prices before making a purchase. Shopping online and having purchases delivered to the front door has become the norm for many households. If you’re a savvy shopper, you know how to work the internet and you have the latest apps for […]

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter and Joanna Rini

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