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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha! We keep my kids in the dark:).  They are living in a $1.5 million home--with another one in the city-- but it's smaller and close-in.  I drive a 10-year old Honda that my son tells me I should get rid of on a daily basis.  I explain to him how expensive cars are, etc.

My boys think my sibling's family that lives 45 min away--outside the Beltway are loaded because their house is so large in comparison.  Yet- they paid 1/8 for it.

I think this is the best for them.  They have friends that brag about what their parents buy them and the parents brag about their $$$.

DH and I want to raise down-to-earth, non-entitled children.  My biggest fear is they grow up like some of the kids I know that were raised with lots of $ and had zero desire to make anything of themselves in life.

My kids do chores, have an allowance and no how little a dollar is worth.  They are taught to save, not spend.  Material items don't buy happiness, etc.

It feels like an uphill battle sometimes when they come home from school and tell me somebody got [b]$25 from the tooth fairy last night[/b].  WTF?!!?!!

My kids feel safe and have all the creature comforts and we do take some very nice vacations--but other than that they have to work for things.

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Sadly, I can beat that. My kid has a classmate who gets $100 a tooth!  Sick materialistic culture,sometimes.[/quote]

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