7 year old - is this normal

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Hi. I don't have kids of my own but my partner has a 7 year old daughter (and an older son). Struggling with daughter... we gave her and her brother a present from our trip and she cried because her brothers was bigger. She cries every time she doesn't get her own way. She talks about the cost of things a lot and got upset when the gift she gave to her dad for his birthday was cheap - even though that doesn't matter and he loved it. I've tried explaining that its about the thought and not cost. She also told me how much a piece of Jewellery cost that her dad had got me for our anniversary. Is this normal at 7? Any advice? To be obsessed with money at 7 seems odd and her dad and brother aren't like that at all. I have spoken to my partner about it and he doesn't seem so worried but I don't want her to grow up being money obsessed.

My step daughters like this too except she’s older and knows the price of everything! She tells me the price of everything she has for birthday and Xmas and asks how much things cost in our house.

I just reply saying you don’t need to worry about that each time or I can’t remember or it doesn’t matter.

She likes to show off how expensive her stuff, she had a pair of ray ban sun glasses for her 7th birthday,
She brought her new dressing gown round over the winter (just to show off) and told me it was ted baker and cost £38 etc
Asked how much our new sofa was and how much did I pay for my daughters DS.

Her mum likes to show off though and likes to have the latest things even though she constantly asks for more money and can’t actually afford them. SD has said before how tv and mobiles have been cut off as her mum didn’t pay the bills. I just presume that the family is more money motivated then most and I just never say the price of anything

Thanks. Yes it does worry me that this obsession may be coming from her mum's home. I've decided to try to get the best from the obsession and use it to educate her on money matters... in a light hearted way of course. So if she asks what something costs to try to put it into perspective of how long it would take to earn that amount etc.

Its not normal at all. I would ignore the questions, hopefully she’ll tire of asking.