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[quote=Anonymous]I was prepared to hate this OP, and then I read the post and found out I've apparently been sleep-posting (except at a lower income level), right down to both parents growing up with stints of poverty.

Given the times that I've been humiliated by what I didn't know, or had never done, I have actually given a lot of thought to the questions that OP poses.

For someone who grew up middle class, so much of this is going to seem simple, but the whole reason it is embarrassing is that poor folks DON'T always grow up knowing it, so here goes:

* Manners: Table manners (knife and fork, napkin on lap, etc), thank you notes, bringing a gift to hosts, addressing adults with honorifics where needed

* Culture: Basic familiarity with the "great books," works of art, classical music, and dance.

* Hobbies: Everyone plays an instrument until they are 14, and then we can negotiate, plus a sport unless there's a good reason not to like serious music or art.

* Humility: The difference between horrendous new money and old money (my kids will likely have neither, by the way) is humility. Even though we aren't rich, I want my kids to know how lucky they are, and that only thrift and humility will keep us that way. [/quote]

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