In the past, children seldom have/had any say in family decisions, but now, one can come across a new breed of juveniles that has (i) $
$ power as it knows that constant insistence will make parents surrender. While children in bygone days would at best use their pester power to buy a particular brand of chocolate, now they use the same power with (ii) $
$ to influence family purchase decisions related to even products such as computers, cars, televisions, and many other items. This may not be (iii) $
$ as today's younger generation is definitely better informed about new products.
A. minimal D. telling effect G. an altogether bad trend B. considerable E. a large scale H. completely acceptable C. legitimate F. a moderate extent I. utterly demeaning ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------