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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand op. my situation is somewhat different. I sah and have 2 young children. We live in the burbs and my 4 yr old thinks that we are poor because we don't live in a 10 million dollar mansion. We are by no means poor and our house is worth about 2 million but to my 4 yr old it isn't good enough. Only going to disney world once in his short life is not good enough. Private pre school I think is to blame and I am seriously considering public school for kindergarten.He told me my car which is a Honda pilot is not good enough and he feels embarrassed. I grew up middle class and never felt embarrassed or ashamed of my parents. And what baffles me the most is we are upper middle class for this area.   [/quote]

Wow. You have your work cut out for you with your 4 year old. If I were you, that would be keeping me up at night, literally.[/quote]

We have four grown kids and one still at home.  As a parent, I would feel like a complete failure if any of my kids had that kind of attitude.  [/quote]

Wait you mean the post about the 4 year old wasn't a joke?  [/quote]
No it's not a joke. This attitude just started about 2 months ago. After a few play dates with a very wealthy classmate. Thanks for making me feel more like a failure. I am a modest person. My kids don't get everything they want. But they have way more then they need. I think the kids at school are causing this insecurity in my ds.  Dh and I don't know where else it could be coming from. We are financially very secure and live a great life. Ds just turned 4 and doesn't have friends that are "poor" he has no concept of that.[/quote]

Yes you seriously might want to consider public school.  Also do you have friends of varying incomes?  That can be helpful.  We are on the "poorer" side for DC - so I like to point out to my kid that some of her friends live in townhouses too - even though other friends live in big single family homes. [/quote]

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