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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up very poor with no connections.  I was able to overcome this and now I am in that top 20%.

I am ABSOLUTELY a dream hoarder for my kids and do what I can to give them all the opportunities I can.  There is no reason to be apologetic about it or to deny it's real.

It's important to do what you can for the less advantaged, too.  I do think it is terrible how disadvantaged poor children are but I'm not going to disadvantage my own kids to make it seem more "fair."  I will play the game because I don't want it to be as hard for them as it was for me.  Plus, I got damn lucky.  Plenty of people work as hard as I did, and the stars don't align for them.

I do find that most people who came from the upper 20% are remarkably clueless about poor people.  Most don't even know any actual poor people.  I make sure my kids spend plenty of time with my family back home -- who live very different lives -- so they can be more grounded.  Not too many of my kids' friends have ever been in a house trailer, and certainly not one belonging to family.
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