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[quote=Anonymous]This post is really interesting. My husband and I don't have children yet, but my siblings and I went to a private school growing up. My parents are very successful, but we grew up relaively modestly.  I grew up in a modest house that badly needed to be renovated, and we took fun but not extravagant vacations (I've never been to Europe with my parents...we rented condos outside of Disney world when tickets were NOT $100/day, and often skied in Vermont or out west, again -never at five star hotels) Growing up, I wished that my parents would drive the fancy cars, plan the fancy vacations and build the tony houses that many of my friends had. As a double income household with no children, my husband and I now have some of these luxuries, and you realize that they are just things. It turned out that some of my friends parents with the fancy cars and houses  lived beyond their means and now their children have student debt, and some of the other parents are on hard times, approaching retirement and still supporting their now-adult children who never learned the value of money and didn't pursue the professional degrees their parents had but aspire to the same life. In retrospect, i am thankful that my parents priotized our family, our education,  their savings, and charity, over flashy material things. Hopefully your children will too. Just my experience. [/quote]

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