Cheap tile, cheap window glass, cheap paint jobs… It’s all I heard growing up: find the
biggest discounts on all the home renovations.  It might sound very nice, perhaps even wise.
But when the word “cheap” becomes an obsession, it’s unhealthy.  Especially for children.
Children who grow up with their parents always trying to save money and discussing how to
stretch the budget fall under two extremes.  Sometimes they’re like their parents; even if
they have the money to spend, it will never get spent.  Save, save, save.  The more common
extreme is the opposite.  Those children hate so much the word “cheap,” that even when the
money is not to be had, they need to spend it.  That’s what I battle with, to this very day.