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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just do what all the other Boomers are currently doing— finance your kids’ lives until you die and they inherit your wealth.[/quote]
This is the scenario I'm trying to prepare for[/quote]

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Also, was traveling away from the "elite coasts" and there are so many brain-dead adults. Seriously stupid stupid people*--- that I am reminded that our kids will be the top 5% of intellects without even trying. *I do not know if it's the geo, or drugs, or these people were dropped on their heads. It was astonishing and very eye-opening. [/quote]

That’s a really awful thing to say. [/quote]

And just plain wrong. Being smart gets you nothing. That’s pretty much the reason I learned in my 20s. I’m 1% smart and not even remotely close to 1% successful because I lack so many skills and character traits for success. My parents were obsessed with us being smart and literally told us throughout our childhood that being smart and getting a degree was all that mattered, that that would open every door and we’d magically be recruited for fantastic things.

Ha. Haha. My husband and I made a lot of money in spite of many mistakes and are preparing our kids for possible downward mobility by letting them have some realistic fear of it. I will give them exactly the opposite message my parents gave me. Nothing is guaranteed, nothing is fair, and you need to be flexible and hustle.[/quote]

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