My 13 year old sisters birthday list is concerning
My younger sister turns 13 soon, and I just came across her birthday wishlist PowerPoint. It is 34 slides long. Not all of them are items, but 24 of them are. And shes asking for expensive items too. Adidas gazelles, iPhone 15-17, uggs slippers etc. The wishlist adds up to be around 1250 euro (almost 1500 dolars) if we go easy on her with some of the items.
I know sometimes things get pricy, and honestly if the only thing she wanted was those shoes, I would probably buy them for her myself. But a lot of the items on the list are from the current popular brands. She has an owala bottle already, but there is another on the list. She wants 50 euro lululemon shorts (called the "hottie hot" shorts which I dont think is appropriate), and a bunch of other items that are currently trending (milk makeup, tree hut body scrub, jellycats etc etc). Some of the items are triple the price they would be if they weren't from name brands.
Its concerning to me how she doesnt really understand the value of money at her age, and how shes so easily influenced.
Normally in our family we only get one birthday gift (or two if they're cheap) and they're never that expensive. If we do get expensive gifts its usually because we'll use them all the time. I received a drawing tablet when I was 13 and I still use it almost daily. If we dont want anything, we usually get 100 euro cash. But her asking for the brand new iphone when her phone still works and asking for a 2 in 1 heater and curler when we already own both is really worrying. We are not struggling buy we are far from rich so this is also showing she doesnt really know how valuable money is. To her credit, at the end of the presentation she asks if she could get a couple of them, which implies she doesn't think she'll get them all. But she does place emphasis on the phone. The end page is a little confusing and doesnt make lots of grammatical sense.
I dont want her to grow up into this mentality. She said she will show me what from the list she wants from me. I dont want to encourage this mindset of worshipping whatever brand is popular at the time. But I also dont want to purposefully get her a different brand of the same product because I dont think she'll like it, or get her something she didnt ask for. What should I do, and how do I stop her from acting like this?
Should I get her what she asks for even if i think its just for the trend or the brand? How can I make her more economically aware?