To parents raised in poor family:”How not to spoil my kid?”

Today we went to a shop which also has a department with toys. My 2yo daughter run there and checked some toys. She asked me to buy some dancing rabbit which costs 40€, but worth 7€ with batteries and package. I said we will not buy it as it is expensive. She left it and went to another side. There she found this small ball ( 2cm max) from 0,5€ and asked me if that was expensive. She had her sad/shy face while asking that. I felt so bad from many reasons. I felt bad for telling that to her, she should not know these things at that age and also might confuse it with being big or something. I remembered how I felt everytime something/everything was to expensive for us. And then I told her to take anything she likes and she took another doll. It was cheap, but she does not need it. This is not the first time I feel bad for not buying something. She is a great kid and never makes problems when I say no, but in most of the times I buy everything even after I say we will not buy it.I was raised in poor family. We had solid periods in our life and had extremly poor periods. Sometimes we didn’t have even basics, like enough food or fitting clothes. We even had periods without electricity due to unpaid bills. It made my childhood hard and sad. I do not want her to ever feel that and it makes it hard to controll myself. Does anyone here has a same problem? How to deal with it? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2B7ojWz