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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP's statement (or variation) is a common line I heard where I was raised.

Of course it is not 100% absolutely true, but you also teach you kids to be nice to everyone at the playground. You don't select people out because they are unlikely to be your friend.

Figure out what makes you happy and do that is important, but equally important is to teach your kids how to look out for themselves in the world, take care of themselves and be self sustaining so that they are not a burden to those around them.

I told my kids similar things too. I do not think it is materialistic nor the wrong message.

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I disagree with your approach in that you are equating education with future (possible) salary.  It is like telling a kid to practice tennis so that they one day make the pros rather than for the love of the game.  Learning is a life long quest and should never be equated with money.

I want my children to be happy in their lives - if that means being the best third grade teacher on the planet (with extremely limited learning potential) but it is what makes them happy then that is what I want them to do.

I think a lot of us have very different values.  [/quote]

Being a third grade teacher, at least in this country, means that the pay is not worth it to even send your kids to daycare. You'll be making something about minimum wage after you pay for daycare for 1. Most moms decide it is not worth it to work and stay home with the children, at least until they are much older.

This means if your dream is a 3rd grade teacher, you will often have that career until you have kids and then you become stay at home mom. Kids deserve a heads up about the realities of finances when they pick their dream job. Will they like being 3rd grade teacher for 10 years then being stay-at-home mom for 10 years, or would they rather be a doctor or a lawyer for 20 years? The jobs that are financially rewarding and give the most flexibility and options in life to do what you please are often the ones that you have to have a lot of education for, unless you are extremely very lucky.

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