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[quote=Anonymous]Investing in your kids and ensuring a good work ethic.
My parents were and are very well off. I grew up in a beautiful waterfront house and spent the weekends on our boat. But we didn't get to do any extracurriculars (because it would have interfered with their weekend plans) and they didn't do much to instill a good work ethic in us or improve our skills. I think my mother just assumed we'd marry well the way she did. I had a lot of native intelligence but was never pushed to strive and they never checked our grades or worried about our studies. Even as a teen with a job my mom used to encourage me to call in sick because "you work hard enough."
Now I am just middle class. We live in a tiny old house on a tiny lot and every extra dollar goes to our kids. They go to a parochial school that I researched extensively and do any extracurricular they fancy. I want them to work hard and cultivate skills and interests. I am not set on them attending a top college but I will make sure they have the social and financial skills to run a business.[/quote]

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