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[quote=Anonymous][quote] ... At my daughters school (an elite private in DC) there are many parents that are shockingly wealthy but their main focus is on the education of their child and on good behaviour. For example the tooth fairy brings a dollar. My friend opted for the local private school and finds several parents to be "showy" about how wealthy they are, and the tooth fairy brings $20.[/quote]
I feel cheap all of a sudden because at our house the going Tooth Fairy rate is only 25 cents!  No complaints so far.

But maybe this points to a bigger issue that is relevant to this thread -- your child will likely learn more of her money/work values from home rather than from her school.

I'd also point out that in my personal experience, in every upper-middle class family I know (let's say in the $200-900k HHI range), the parents both work extremely hard.  Yes, they often have nice things (eg, nice house, nice car, private school) because one or both parents work at high-paying jobs.  But those high-paying jobs usually require lots of education (and hard work to get that education) plus lots of hard work at the jobs themselves.  If the kids mimic the parents, they certainly won't lack in developing a work ethic.  It's definitely possible the kids may develop unrealistic views on how many/few families in the world are lucky enough to have those high-paying jobs and afford those high-cost items, but that's a slightly different issue.[/quote]

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