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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 agree.  It is so weird that music lessons are a target of criticism.  My parent never had two extra nickels to rub together yet scrimped to pay for piano lessons for me and my siblings.  Music is as fundamental as air to me.[/quote]

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