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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are UMC.

-My kids got full college and higher education paid off. 
-Vacations (once a year) abroad. Flying economy, staying in nice enough hotels but not resorts. 
- 100K seed money when they launch
- 1st new car
- Clothes from Macy's and Kohls.  
- Access to our Amazon Prime, Uber, Starbucks, Paypal, Spotify, NYT/WaPo, Online Learning,  Kohls and Macy's Accounts
- Tutors and coaches, music lessons
- ECs
- Lots of educational and recreational camps
- Medical and dental care
- Cleaning service, home cooked meals, mom and dad dropping and picking up in car to school, SAH Mom, 
- Huge social circle, entertaining at home, big parties. 
- Christmas gifts to teachers
- Eating out frequently, being exposed to different cuisines, 
- Exposure to different languages
- Lots of tech and expensive hobby materials (computers, cameras, drones)
- Expensive gear for outdoor hobbies
- Lavish birthday parties
- Lessons on car safety
- Beautiful SFH to live in, own bedroom

What they did not get -
- Designer clothes and designer gear
- Private schools
- Expensive undergraduate private colleges. 
- Expensive homes in expensive neighborhoods
- Daycare, nannies
- Formula
- Expensive camps, sleepaway camps
- Broke parents[/quote]

You sound like new money who doesn't care about education. [/quote]

Do I?  I apologize. Education was covered.  All three kids have been/ are in highly competitive magnet programs in our public school system, so we did not see the need for private schools.  We did not pay a premium for our SFH because the schools were not that great, but we were not impacted for education, knock on wood. Full merit ride in state flagship university in STEM field for undergrad, grants, paid internships etc. Education worked out wonderfully. Kids worked hard. What I could not help with in terms of academics, we hired the best tutors. [/quote]

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