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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I don't understand how your question follows from the post above, but I was the one who mentioned our net worth and if you followed the thread -- or even just that post -- it was very clear.  I mentioned it in response to a poster who said that our approach to child rearing was "making virtue out of necessity".  I mentioned our net worth to prove that if we wanted to pay $50k a year for private school or $10k per summer for summer camps or $200 a month for violin/lacrosse/ice skating lessons we could -- if that was what was important to us![/quote]

I am the poster who was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of music and figure skating training.  From the viewpoint of a child, I am grateful my parents did not think like you.  I cherish my years at the piano and on the ice. I love the feeling of freedom and expression you get out of mastering this.  You aren't providing this for your children. That's fine.  The thing is this: you aren't better than anyone who is. You aren't superior. Certainly not to my parents. Camping and climbing trees mean nothing to me.  You are pretending that you are a better parent because you avoid activities that cost money.  And you aren't. Not at all.[/quote]

I come from a state where winters were long and ice skating was nowhere near $200 a month. The school offered flute amd clarinet lessons for very little too.
I got the same as you but without the price tag. I suspect your private school was also not as good as the public I attended

But I do not have the superiority complex[/quote]

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