[9급 국가직 영어 2023년 14번]

There are times, like holidays and birthdays, when toys and gifts accumulate in a child’s life. You can use these times to teach a healthy nondependency on things. Don’t surround your child with toys. Instead, arrange them in baskets, have one basket out at a time, and rotate baskets occasionally. If a cherished object is put away for a time, bringing it out creates a delightful remembering and freshness of outlook. Suppose your child asks for a toy that has been put away for a while. You can direct attention toward an object or experience that is already in the environment. If you lose or break a possession, try to model a good attitude (“I appreciated it while I had it!”) so that your child can begin to develop an attitude of nonattachment. If a toy of hers is broken or lost, help her to say, “I had fun with that.”