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Re:Two leading economists disagree about the flagging Americ... by AnimalMuppet on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:54PM (#23224949)
Rich kids such as you describe get every opportunity except one: having parents that actually care about them. Don't minimize how much it hurts to not have that. (I don't just mean psychological hurt, either. I mean things like broken relationships, drug use, and suicide - things that can destroy the ability of talent to manifest itself in any productive way.)
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Re:Two leading economists disagree about the flagging Americ... by ls612 on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:23PM (#23229549)
I’d take that any day over having rich parents who are control freaks and dress that up as “caring” (but really only caring that I get good grades and follow their standards of ‘morally upstanding’)

There’s a huge distance between the majority of parents who “care” in that way and those who truly care about their children.

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