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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RAMom]We are in a similar position. A big thing you can do is not to let them know you are very wealthy. Live below your means. Get an expensive house but not one that is over the top. They can know you are well off but not top 1%. Do not do things that very wealthy people do. It is okay to go to exotic locations and to Europe, for example, but do it is a relatively modest way. There is nothing inherently evil about being wealthy. I teach my kids to work hard. I am not worried that they will grow up to be entitled because I trust they will be normal. I think kids become entitled by watching what their parents do and say. So be careful and be a positive role model. No one is perfect so just do your best.[/quote]

This is a terrible idea. I'm not a fan, especially as kids get older, of shielding them from actual facts and complex conversations. When you keep your kids ignorant, they end up being clueless DCUM posters who sincerely believe that their $300K annual HHI and $1.5M house are "middle class." The have no intellectual ability or political will to grasp actual facts and have an accurate perspective on their circumstances. Also, "hard work" has never been justly equated with having a comfortable income. The janitorial staff in my office work really hard, firefighters work hard, teachers work hard, but they can barely eek out a middle class income in DC, much less save enough for their kids' college and retirement at the same time.[/quote]

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