s/o what would you change about your kids' childhood if money were no object?

[Anonymous]

This is a spin off the UC/UMC childhood thread - we need more distracting threads!

Would you do anything differently about your kids' childhood if finances were no object? What would be your "must haves" and "desirable" changes, if any?

Some examples:

would you hire more tutors/ coaches to hone special skills? would you put them into private schools?

would you work less to be with them more? would you delegate more housework to be with them?

would you move to a different area, better neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

If money were NO object?

All of the above. Duh.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 3 and 8.

Now, I would delegate more housework to be with them. I maybe would travel a bit more. I would get a slightly bigger house. I would leave same level of activities, same neighborhood, same schools.

In the future, I would hire people to help them develop special talents (if there was truly potential and interest), would probably use tutors to prep for college/tests; would travel with them, would take them on a photo safari when they are teens.

I would pay for their college and post-grad degrees.

[Anonymous]

We'd have a third kid.

[Anonymous]

We will do our best to pay for college and graduate school, but probably a state school.

I would have a bigger house, travel more, tutor for prep for classes and tests, private school, more private music lessons, etc.

But, mine have a good life and more money and things/help doesn't always make life better, just easier.

[Anonymous]

I would quit my job - other than that, nothing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would quit my job - other than that, nothing

+1.

[Anonymous]

I would buy a bigger/family home from the jump in a great neighborhood. Yard, pool, etc. And stay put, not move. Quit my job. Have a chef for health meals. Have a tutor. Great nanny that they love and have grown up with. Longer vacations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would buy a bigger/family home from the jump in a great neighborhood. Yard, pool, etc. And stay put, not move. Quit my job. Have a chef for health meals. Have a tutor. Great nanny that they love and have grown up with. Longer vacations.

Ahh... This sounds nice...

[Anonymous]

If I truly had all the money I needed, I'd quit my job and move back to my hometown. I'd have to take a big paycut to do what I do there, plus the cost of living isn't that much cheaper than here.

And I'd work things out so that we could spend summers in New England near my in-laws.

That and more travel.

[Anonymous]

We made financial sacrifices for us to spend more time with our kids, and no I wouldn't change that for more money. We are comfortable and relaxed. We're very lucky, though by the lifestyles of some of DC's peers, we are "doing without". I see the stress on parents' faces at pick up on days where there's no aftercare, though, and I feel justified. I feel bad that so many of them don't think they can jump off the hamster wheel.

[Anonymous]

We would travel a lot and even live abroad couple of years.
Would offer DC the freedom I had growing up.(Well, as much as possible nowadays).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would buy a bigger/family home from the jump in a great neighborhood. Yard, pool, etc. And stay put, not move. Quit my job. Have a chef for health meals. Have a tutor. Great nanny that they love and have grown up with. Longer vacations.

If you quit your job, have a nanny, chef and tutor, why do they even need you at all? You aren't going to parent them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a spin off the UC/UMC childhood thread - we need more distracting threads!

Would you do anything differently about your kids' childhood if finances were no object? What would be your "must haves" and "desirable" changes, if any?

Some examples:

would you hire more tutors/ coaches to hone special skills? would you put them into private schools?

would you work less to be with them more? would you delegate more housework to be with them?

would you move to a different area, better neighborhood?

Travel more and start individual music lessons by age 5.

That’s it mainly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would buy a bigger/family home from the jump in a great neighborhood. Yard, pool, etc. And stay put, not move. Quit my job. Have a chef for health meals. Have a tutor. Great nanny that they love and have grown up with. Longer vacations.

If you quit your job, have a nanny, chef and tutor, why do they even need you at all? You aren't going to parent them.

Not uncommon in the UMC and upper class.