As Christmas fast approaches experts have identified the ideal amount of presents to get a child.

Child Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg tells Luke Grant parents should gift their children no more than four gifts.

“One thing they want, one thing they need, one thing to wear and one thing to read.

“You’ve got to learn that Christmas is about giving not necessarily just receiving.

“If you buy kids heaps of presents that’s not the message they’re going to get.”

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