Anonymous wrote:I think about this a lot. The odds all 3 of my kids (or even just 1 of them) achieve the success of DH and I is minuscule. We come from rural MC families so we have a value system aligned with hard work, good education, lots of hustle that I hope sinks in but we live in a huge house and take amazing vacations all the time. The best I can do is teach them about personal finance and being a good person. And to not count on us for money (though I bet we’ll be the grandparents paying for private school tuition like I read about all the time on these boards).
Anonymous wrote:Whoever made the comment about interior America being dumb is on the money. As an immigrant, I always tell people that there are "two americas": the coasts and anywhere else. I was shocked when I moved to DC as to how sophisticated people were compared to the southern state I was living in.
Anonymous wrote:Not a week goes by without someone posting about how they discovered their Chevy Chase neighbors are living in their parents’ house or having their kids’ fancy private school paid by the grandparents.
There is no need to “prepare” because this is what people will be doing. The generationally wealthy will stay wealthy, just as they have always done.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Whoever made the comment about interior America being dumb is on the money. As an immigrant, I always tell people that there are "two americas": the coasts and anywhere else. I was shocked when I moved to DC as to how sophisticated people were compared to the southern state I was living in.
People in DC grew up in the middle of the country. It’s more transient than other areas.
Anonymous wrote:Whoever made the comment about interior America being dumb is on the money. As an immigrant, I always tell people that there are "two americas": the coasts and anywhere else. I was shocked when I moved to DC as to how sophisticated people were compared to the southern state I was living in.
Anonymous wrote:Teach kids to be kind and connect. Community exists everywhere, and is a source of Happiness. Teach kids to find hobbies they enjoy like thrifting.
Kids killing themselves at Sidwell do so out of fear that life a rung down is necessarily worse. It isn’t.