Says Being Rich Is The ‘Hardest Thing’ About Parenting

[Anonymous]

Poor Tom, maybe a great QB but not too bright.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-brady-being-rich-is-hardest-thing-about-parenting_n_62e045dbe4b06e213fc49251

[Anonymous]

Well, since so many kids of the rich and famous are messed up I don't see where what he said was wrong. It does pose some unique problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, since so many kids of the rich and famous are messed up I don't see where what he said was wrong. It does pose some unique problems.

I actually agree with this. I get why people think he’s whining, but yea, being raised as child of the 1% puts a kid at risk for being a crappy adult. I give him credit for some self-awareness around the issue.

[Anonymous]

I think this is fine. He did not say it in a complaining tone at all. He is just acknowledging that he is conscious that he raises his kids in an incredibly rare bubble of privilege.

[Anonymous]

For him it probably is.

[Anonymous]

I have hard moments surrounding “I want that you from target!” Every day from my 5 yo… just this summer. He thinks going to target means buying a new toy. Lol kid. Hard for me when I actually have to bring him along, or because he doesn’t get it.. I have to turn him down. He cries that he has a bad day (ignore…). “Kid, I don’t have any budget for toys this month. Your birthday is 2 months away, why don’t we make a list of the things you want?”

So, I can imagine if your budget is unlimited, those conversations are a lot bigger. And you don’t have a fallback “I don’t have a budget for several oculus sets.”

[Anonymous]

It’s a curse to grow up with extreme wealth. Look around at those who have and you’ll see what I mean.

[Anonymous]

*toy

[Anonymous]

Looking at Chet Hanks, I don’t think he’s wrong! But the flip side is that the aspects of parenting that suck for normies, he doesn’t deal with

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have hard moments surrounding “I want that you from target!” Every day from my 5 yo… just this summer. He thinks going to target means buying a new toy. Lol kid. Hard for me when I actually have to bring him along, or because he doesn’t get it.. I have to turn him down. He cries that he has a bad day (ignore…). “Kid, I don’t have any budget for toys this month. Your birthday is 2 months away, why don’t we make a list of the things you want?”

So, I can imagine if your budget is unlimited, those conversations are a lot bigger. And you don’t have a fallback “I don’t have a budget for several oculus sets.”

I got my daughter over this hump by us agreeing most days were 'Looking" days and some days were "Buying" days. Setting her expectations really helped.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't Tommy give his fortune away?

Attention whore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor Tom, maybe a great QB but not too bright.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-brady-being-rich-is-hardest-thing-about-parenting_n_62e045dbe4b06e213fc49251

In what way does he sound "not too bright"?

[Anonymous]

He must have easy to parent children.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like Tom Brady but he has good perspective on this. So many potential issues for kids as rich as they are.

[Anonymous]

OP he obviously said that keeping his kids grounded is the hardest parenting for him and his wife. He didn’t say it was the hardest thing for all parents. Good grief.