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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would you explain if your child's best friend happens to be the child of two doctors and they drive luxury cars and go on more vacations than you do?

[b]You explain that different people choose different careers for many reasons[/b].  Some careers pay more than others and those who get paid more, have more money for things like private school, swimming pools and other luxuries.  Your careers pay nice enough for your family to have a nice house, food on the table, and a pretty comfortable living, even if they don't pay enough for more luxuries like the cousins have.

Perhaps you need to get your child more involved with community service so that they can see those who have much less than you.  I've worked in soup kitchens, shelters, and similar community service for decades in part to help those that have much less than me and to remind me just how fortunate I am to have my UMC life.[/quote]

Or you explain that some people have more luck than others, and it is not fair, but then, life isn't.

My SIL married rich, and her husband does not have a career - or a decent job, for that matter, he simply has a trust fund. And their children, who have everything they want, don't give a rat's ass about school.. I believe they've internalized that they always had, and always will have, money, so they don't need to bother with homework. Oh, and they are spoiled rotten.

I use their family as an example of what not to do. I point to my kids that because they don't have any trust funds and would have to earn a living, they'd better do well in school and learn to stand on their own two feet.[/quote]

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