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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are haves.  I was a have not who worked damn hard to become a have.  I grew up working poor and only caught a break due to the wonderful program in my state where you need little more than a pulse to get a scholarship that covers The majority of tuition. I worked my a$$ off, literally working 2 jobs and school, to earn a degree.  Nothing has been handed to me.  EVER.  My success has been only through determination and perseverance.

My kids have college tuition 100% funded.  They live in 4K sq ft house.  They attend a highly rated school.  They participate in any extracurricular activities they want.  They swim in our in-ground pool every single day of summer break.  They attend good summer camps.  They’ve been on wonderful vacations.  My husband and I laugh how they’ve only ever stayed at deluxe resorts when we go to Disney (which is often).

We have long talks with the kids about how life was for us as a child (my husband had a similar upbringing).  They’ve seen the run down 600 sq ft house I lived in until age 15.  They know how I went to the zoo one time, on a field trip, my entire childhood.  They’ve been to the zoo literally hundreds of times.  We have many long talks about how hard their mom and dad have worked to give them a better life.

I can’t redo my childhood.  However, I can give them many opportunities that were not within reach for me.  That’s what is so great about this land of opportunity.  It really is.  I couldn’t help being a have not as a child.  But there was no way in hell I was going to raise my kids that way.  [/quote]
Who else spots the sad sad missed opportunity here? [/quote]

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