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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an 8 year old who has on occasion made similar comments about other people having bigger houses than ours (we have family farther outside the beltway).

I’ve explained you’re right, they do have really nice homes and it’s so nice to visit. We could afford a house just like that, but not in our neighborhood. We’d have to give up walking places, going into the city often (we live right near a metro station), and would have to change schools/sports teams for us to move out there though. That shuts down the fantasy of a bigger house pretty quickly.

Also, he hates being in the car for more than 10-15 min. so when we do drive out to these places (usually along 66) he will make comments about “is this traffic?” “Why do we have to spend so long in the car.”)

I think kids this age can generally understand the concept of trade offs, so I’m okay explaining why we made the choice that we did and what that means we’re giving up vs gaining.[/quote]

I like this answer. I’m in the same boat as you, OP, but 10-12 years down the line. My DD went through this after going to a party out in the exurbs.  I explained it similar to the above with a nod to college and retirement savings.  We, too, could have afforded to move but did not want to. Fast forward several years ahead, kid is happy about where they grew up, etc. [/quote]

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