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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents were pretty well-off when I was growing up but I honestly had no idea until friends would make a big deal when they came over to our house which was pretty nice. 
My parents were very sparing with gifts, clothes, electronics, cars etc. 
my 1st car was a $500 VW rabbit with a rusted bumper. 
We wore clothes from Marshall's and had $150 budget each spring and fall to spend how we wanted. We could go to a better store but this taught is very young that we could get a lot more for our $ of we spent it wisely. 
I think it's all in how you raise your kids and the values you instill in them 
I have always worked since I was 16 because I wanted $ to be able to do things. I don't *have* to work now based on what my dh makes but I choose to so we can add $ to our retirement and 529's for our kids. 
We make enough to live in a very nice area but we chose a modest home in SS and only drive used cars (nice ones but used to save $). 
Again, I think this is because my parents were very sparing with what they spent and my dh grew up fairly poor (but he tends to spoil our kids) [/quote]

OP here. This is kind of what I'm worried about. PP, I don't mean this as an insult and I very much agree with you that it is important to teach children how to spend money wisely and to value work which you clearly do, but your attitude is exactly what I'm worried about. You seem to think that going to Marshall's is a step down (you said you could go to a "better store") but Marshall's was a rare treat for us and we valued it not because we could get more there but because it was a really big deal to get anything at all, let alone to be able to get clothes from a store instead of from the shelter. I guess I don't want my kids to feel they are learning a lesson about the value of money when they drive a car with a rusted bumper. I want them to be thrilled they could have a car at all.   [/quote]

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