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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This all hit home for us about a week ago, when we told our 7 and 4 year olds that we are taking them on a special trip to Disney in the spring. 7 year olds first question: [b]Are we flying first class?[/b]

DH grew up poor; I grew up middle class. We are extremely well off now but thought we were doing a good job of overexposing our kids to wealth, or giving them the message that we got our money from any way other than working our butts off, which is true. I guess not.[/quote]

Curious as to how you intend to "control" this? The easy view is that a 7 yr old should not even know what first class is, they should just be excited for the flight (any flight) and for Disney. Reality is that many of the parents on here who are wealthy work their butts off and want to splurge and there is no way to splurge while denying the kids -- i.e. it's not like you can be in first class and have your 7 yr old alone in coach. Does that mean that you have to give up the finer things to prove something to your kids? Or do you find a way to enjoy the finer things without them?[/quote]

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