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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up very spoiled. As an adult I'm realizing what a disservice this was. I still hold onto a lot of unrealistic expectations and fantasies about life. It's hard for me to accept  compromise and life's harsh realities. Anyone ever get through something like this?[/quote]
What exactly are you having a hard time dealing with?

I'm not trying to be smug.  I grew up lower income, to immigrant parents who didn't speak any English. So, I do understand what it's like to go through hardships. But I'm trying to understand from your point of view what it is that you find difficult about life because I am trying to teach my children, who live a very comfortable middle/upper middle class life, that life is hard, and you need grit and determination.

I am trying to teach them to be fiscally responsible; cook; clean.   I try not to be too much of a helicopter parent by letting them fail at certain things and let them suffer disappointment.   I don't believe they should get a trophy for just participating.

I grew up differently from them, and I find it difficult to balance teaching them to be resilient while providing opportunity and material things.  Short of letting them parent themselves, which is how I grew up, sometimes I don't know where to draw the line.

So, I'd be interested in an adult's perspective of what you think your parents could have done differently to teach you to be more resilient.  [/quote]

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