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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Maybe I should not have used the examples about gratitude. Everyone has sort of focused on just that and the hard work thing. Yes, I mean those things too. But there is more to it than that. I can't quite put it into words, but the pps who posted about the differences between class cultures were getting at it. I want my DC to be comfortable in poor neighborhoods and with poor people; to be able to go anywhere and fit in. Plus, middle class people can be so stiff and serious and judgmental/entitled (and not just about material things). I'm not sure I will understand how to parent a child who is entitled.    [/quote]

Could this be coming from the part of you that remembers being a child and being embarassed about being poor and/or assuming that kids from families with money were either "better" than you or that those kids saw themselves as "better" than you? Sounds a little like you are projecting a bit onto your kids beause you don't want them to become like the kids who were better than you, taking you back to that feeling all over again?

Feelings like that are hard to shake in adulthood.
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