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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 25yo nephew graduated three years ago with a Philosophy degree.  He is making $80k as a new reporter working for a MY publication after having changed jobs twice (he was recruited for this job by someone he met in his first job).

My niece with an English degree is working for a financial services company doing PR.  She is 25yo and makes about $60k with excellent benefits.[/quote]

I find it odd that you know your niece's and nephew's salaries and benefits.  Tacky for them or their parents to tell you, or tacky for you to ask.  We have no idea what our own kids are making, yet again our siblings' kids.   [/quote]

You come from an uptight family. [/quote]

Quite the opposite.  We are a family that doesn't focus on salary to measure success and that doesn't encourage our children to either.

But even if we weren't, how many people on this board know their nieces' and nephews' salaries and benefits?  Seriously.  That's weird.  Sorry.   [/quote]

NP here -- We don't measure success by salary, but I knew my son's salary during the 3 years he worked for a not-for=profit organization before starting med school.  This subject came up because he occasionally asked for advice about financial matters.  Although I grew up in a family that never talked about money, my husband's family was more open about it.  In my view, their approach was saner and helped my husband and his sibs develop good financial skills.  (BTW, my FIL was a college professor, so, again, money was not their measure of success.)  I think our marriage and family benefited because we adopted this more open approach to talking about financial matters with each other and with our kids.           [/quote]

Ok . . . but the salaries and benefits of nieces and nephews? [/quote]

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