Friday Morning Lecture Series - Peer Pressure and Consumption

So, in unpacking Abigail's lunch bag to repack today's sandwich, I noticed that nothing was eaten. The banana discarded to the bottom of the bag, brown and squished. The wrap unwrapped with one bite taken out of it. And yet there were stories of giant ice creams that was like, 14 scoops, seriously, and it was $3.49! $3.49!
And so Auntie Tanya called Abigail down into the kitchen and calmly asked, "I noticed that none of your lunch is eaten. I assume this is because the other kids you were with were buying lunch, and you had money so you though you would be cool and buy lunch too." After Abigail stuttered through 16 versions of a lie, I reiterated my story about what I thought happened and asked her how accurate it was. Pretty accurate, I was told. So, the initial "Abigail Only Lecture Series" was about us spending money to buy food and sending time to make lunches that were left uneaten. And did she have no clue as to how fortunate she was to actually have a family that has money to make her lunch.
The "Abigail and Ayla Lecture Series" was about peer pressure. That just because their ELEVEN year old friend Natalie from Oshawa had "lost" her lunch on the bus was not a justifiable excuse to throw away (my assumption of what Ayla had done with her lunch, which she confirmed) or not eat the lunch that was made for you. I explained it was the beginning of peer pressure and group think, and that while they were asking to be more independent, that such a privilege would be dolled out by family and loved ones if we thought they could handle it. What was next? Drugs? Sex? Booze?
And off they went to camp.