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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly OP you just can’t engage on this. We have a very high HHI and no playroom, don’t take international trips, no backyard, other stuff my kids take note of.  You are never going to have everything other families have. [/quote]

I'm confused - are you saying that your rich kids notice when other people don't have as much as them?  this is a great opportunity to teach them about inequality and empathy for others.[/quote]

No, I am saying even my rich kids come home with these comments, so even if OP made 10x than she does, she would likely hear similar things. [/quote]

Same.  We have a high HHI and our 6 year old still mentions what X, Y , and Z have and how he wishes he had those things. [/quote]

And it doesn’t change with age, either.  DD has no idea that we are wealthy.  Other than a giant house (no mortgage, but she doesn’t know that), we do not live ostentatiously, or take fancy vacations.  She comes home asking me why I don’t buy Michael Kors jackets or LV purses.  Or why she doesn’t even have a Chromebook (she has no personal electronic devices, and uses my laptop and phone), when her classmates have MacBook Pros.  I tell her that different people prioritize different things in life.  Just like I’m relaxed about say junk food, but very strict about car seats, but her friends’ families don’t do things the same way, so it is with other things.  That I am not interested in now, nor have I ever been interested in what other people might have, or how they choose to spend their money.  [/quote]

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