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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a cushion growing up and I’m pretty unambitious.

I have a great life. I have time for my family, we love each other, we have enough money to feel safe and fulfilled, and my children will have the education to pursue whatever they want to pursue.

There’s more to life than being interviewed by trade publications or having a big house by the river.

I don’t want to “light a fire” under my children. They are their own people. It’s not up to me what they decide to do with their short time on the planet. [/quote]

Agreed.  However, we do try to ensure our kids are not "too cushy" as we could provide them with pretty much anything they wanted.  But we want them to have some value of money and a some desire to go far in life and achieve something (whatever is important to them).

For example: when TS was in our area, several of my Teenage DD friends attended, many with excellent seats, most with "aftermarket purchases".  My DD would have loved to go, but knows there is no way in hell we are paying well over $1-2K per ticket for that to happen....my DD said "it's ridiculous to spend that much money on just a concert ticket---it's just a concert"  So while she knows we could easily afford to do that (and if she'd begged to have it be xmas or birthday gift we might have done it), she gets why we wouldn't do that---and I'm happy my kid has learned some of the values of time and money we have attempted to instill in her, despite the fact she's had a UMC to now wealthy upbringing.  [/quote]

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