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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with much less money and privilege than what I have now, but our town was affordable in a way that nice suburbs aren't anymore so we had a big house and a 1/4 acre yard. My DCs have way more opportunity and privilege and don't have to worry about money the way I did.

Education and future educational opportunity is way worse than what I had. They're at some of the best schools in my area (not DMV but a major city) and I can see clearly that they are getting a far more mediocre education than I got at my run of the mill suburban public school. I think that is a function of generational changes, not wealth. My school growing up had brilliant teachers who were quite educated and sophisticated. Were they born just one generation later, they probably would have had more opportunities than just teacher/nurse and it's unlikely that so much talent would have ended up concentrated in a generic suburban public elementary school. Once my kids get to high school from their k-8, they'll be competing for very limited private school spots or will be going into a really cutthroat public school environment. They won't be able to basically stroll onto a sports team or walk into an ivy the way I did as a try-hard but non-brilliant HS kid.[/quote]

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