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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think understanding that you are privileged, on it's own, is worth much.  The important thing to understand is that wealth doesn't tell you anything about whether a person is smart, hard-working, interesting, or worthy of your respect.

The caviar example in particular made me shudder.  Imagine telling your child blithely that the garnish for their food costs enough to feed a family for two weeks, then proceeding to act like that's totally normal.  What are they supposed to take away from that?  Is that fine? Why?[/quote]

This is the best answer - make sure your kids know that richer does not make someone better.  And that things rich people do or get are not always better.  Someone can have a wonderful life while never travelling abroad, going to private school, etc.; and things like travel, private school, etc. do not make someone's life better, necessarily.[/quote]

I agree, and don’t think that this approach is at all limited to differences in wealth. Yes, it’s important for people who have exceedingly large amounts of money. But it is just as important for people who are less well-off financially. It is as important that people in the financial middle-class don’t look down upon people of lesser means, and it is important that people of lesser means amplified to their children the value of everyone. This whole thread seem so tailored toward the bubble of the Rich, but we all live in bubbles, whether ones we grew up in or once we newly occupy. My life as an X verb lower middle class kid was no more real than my children’s experience as DC private school students. For all of us, it’s important to learn and feel respect and empathy and to see and Value the contributions of others.[/quote]

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