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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
We do have a few friends who live in town homes but most of then seem to want to do play dates at the park or meet somewhere else since their homes are smaller. Ds is having a really hard time with this friend who of course is his best friend. He will say why do we only have 2 cars "tommy" has 8 cars. The first time the boy came to our house he commented on how small it is. Our house is 8,000 square feet. I try to explain to ds most children don't live like " Tommy" but he is jealous. I'm hoping this phase passes soon. [/quote]

Most people don't have 8000 sq feet....  I wish your son realized this.  Maybe the friendship with "tommy" needs to taper off....[/quote]

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