VA suburbs - being too comfortable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having empathy is not related to how much money you have. Either you have empathy or you don’t. It can be learned. I don’t think many people teach their kids though.

Just having a discussion on current events will give you an idea of where he stands with empathy.

No empathy cannot be learned, trust me I have seen people see poverty and nothing affects them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having empathy is not related to how much money you have. Either you have empathy or you don’t. It can be learned. I don’t think many people teach their kids though.

Just having a discussion on current events will give you an idea of where he stands with empathy.

No empathy cannot be learned, trust me I have seen people see poverty and nothing affects them.

That’s scary. Do you think if parents start showing and teaching empathy right away and all through childhood it can be done? Having zero empathy is usually one of the symptoms of a psychopath or narcissist (Trump)

[Anonymous]

My child attends TJ so I feel that is enough exposure to different upbringings/lifestyles.

[Anonymous]

You can’t. It’s the tradeoff of raising rich kids in a rich people bubble. We made the decision to avoid this bubble even though we could afford it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t. It’s the tradeoff of raising rich kids in a rich people bubble. We made the decision to avoid this bubble even though we could afford it.

Sure you are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sometimes worry my child is too comfortable in our wealthy VA suburb. How do i make sure he grows up with empathy, continues to be intellectually and culturally curious, and leaves the area for college? I see people who grew up in the same suburb raising kids in the same neighborhood, going to Rehoboth or the same 2 spots in Florida for vacations and I don't want that for my kid. I get it - things are comfortable, pleasant, there are similar people around with plenty of activities, friends, restaurants, likeminded people, why would people want to leave the bubble? But I somehow don't want my kid to go to a state school or go to DC for college. DH doesnt see an issue but he grew up in the region and would be happy and proud if kids stayed in the DC area. I might be an elitist, but I prefer the coasts as well as urban areas not in the mid-atlantic.

I don't think that there is in fact anything elite about you.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm not sure OP knows what "elite" means, but this isn't it.