Mom, we must be rich right? How to respond.
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Anonymous
| What is the best way to address class issues with a 6 year old? His observation is true. |
Anonymous
| What are you talking about? |
Anonymous
| As Aaron Spelling once said, "We're comfortable". |
Anonymous
"Yes, we are." |
Anonymous
| Why do you ask? |
Anonymous
If he was comfortable I am living under a bridge begging for a handout poor. |
Anonymous
| I don't know the best way, but inculcating a sense of entitlement is probably one of the worst ways to talk about class. |
Anonymous
This, please. None of that "Middle Class" BS I see too much on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| Op again. I guess I really don't feel comfortable with how to talk about wealth and I'm looking for some tips. Dh and I gre up middle class and we are doing quite well. I usually say stuff like "dad and I work very hard. If you study hard and get a good job you will be able to afford what you want to buy." I don't want our kids thinking this is the norm. |
Anonymous
| We are fortunate to be comfortable financially. Using terms like rich or poor I would try and discourage |
Anonymous
| I've not quite been asked the same way but responded that we are fortunate and have nice things but DH and I work hard and have earned everything so he should be appreciative. We didn't grow up with as much as our children and we want them to have a strong work ethic. |
Anonymous
Say the bolded part. |
Anonymous
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You could lose everything tomorrow (job loss, market change, disability or illness). Even if you don't, he may end up with less income and fewer assets as he grows up. So please don't tell him that you and he are rich, like that is an attribute.
Say that you have enough money to pay for what you need and leave it at that. |
Anonymous
That is actually not true. You have no clue what your son may choose to do with his life. Many people work very hard and are just getting by (artists, writers, teachers, etc). He should find his passion in life regardless of the buying ability of that passion. "Rich" is a relative term. You actually aren't rich by many standards and are exceptionally rich by other standards. I would explain that "rich" doesn't mean anything. |
Anonymous
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People who are not rich work hard as well, and not all hard work leads to money. What's your answer there?
I would engage him more specifically on what makes him think you're rich and why. |