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I was reading the thread on stealth with wealth and it made me wonder how the kids of other people here accepted the ideas of the parents and why they chose what they did. Two of my four kids did not live with me full time due to divorce and two did the entire childhood. All seem to have a work ethic.
Instead of talking about the kids in detail I'll just use descriptive terms that I think will probably say a lot to people.
All the kids knew about book richest man in Babylon and the ideas from the book rich dad poor dad. They knew financial terms and had at least some college. Will talk about kids from oldest to youngest. Older kids were affected by the divorce and second was pretty young at divorce and most affected. Younger kids were always surprised when their friends likes us and thought we were cool. (did the meaning of that term change? lol)
methodical plugger. Bought into it all, hook line and sinker. His retirement and financial plan on track. Probably the best on keeping budget due to multiple kids of his own. Got masters on own. Managing Programmer working at a well known corporation. Has a gig on side.
doing it my own way. Bought into it, but many interruptions in the plan. Many of those work-related complications that screwed up his college. Kind of proud or secretive about problems so let things implode rather than seeking help. Probably has as much as average American worker. Maybe he is showing stealth wealth to me. He has a great work ethic. He was also a prodigal son who left when the first plan wouldn't work and explored the world. Seems to be coming back to the family and is in a good relationship.
Seems to be doing management type activities and getting schooling along the way.
Financially Conservative Computer programmer. School easy peasy. Making good bucks and stock options in one of worlds largest corporation. He knows a lot of details about specific things related to insurance calculations, and has even worked calculating things of extreme importance to financial markets. A bit of a procrastinator or just over extended and seems to want to invest in himself and avoid the stock market. Couldn't at one point, due to his job apparently. He wants house money accumulation pot out of stock market.
Maturing preppy. Very much like her mother even to the careen choice after college. She absorbed it all and was a big influence to her match for equally preppy husband. They went from Dave Ramsey steps to Needing financial consultants in a few years. They hit the equivalent of the lottery with a stock from work situation and are now likely better off than us. Interestingly daughter was much more insistent than her hubby to bring the people in. I think it is because i enjoy investing as a hobby and spend a lot of time on it.
So it appears 3 of 4 have grabbed the Golden ticket. And one the Bronze or Siver ticket.
At times I feel regrets that i didn't do a better job, but men plan and the gods laugh. All you can do is all you can do. Hopefully all you can do is enough.
Am curious how others did in this parenting opportunity.
Instead of talking about the kids in detail I'll just use descriptive terms that I think will probably say a lot to people.
All the kids knew about book richest man in Babylon and the ideas from the book rich dad poor dad. They knew financial terms and had at least some college. Will talk about kids from oldest to youngest. Older kids were affected by the divorce and second was pretty young at divorce and most affected. Younger kids were always surprised when their friends likes us and thought we were cool. (did the meaning of that term change? lol)
methodical plugger. Bought into it all, hook line and sinker. His retirement and financial plan on track. Probably the best on keeping budget due to multiple kids of his own. Got masters on own. Managing Programmer working at a well known corporation. Has a gig on side.
doing it my own way. Bought into it, but many interruptions in the plan. Many of those work-related complications that screwed up his college. Kind of proud or secretive about problems so let things implode rather than seeking help. Probably has as much as average American worker. Maybe he is showing stealth wealth to me. He has a great work ethic. He was also a prodigal son who left when the first plan wouldn't work and explored the world. Seems to be coming back to the family and is in a good relationship.
Seems to be doing management type activities and getting schooling along the way.
Financially Conservative Computer programmer. School easy peasy. Making good bucks and stock options in one of worlds largest corporation. He knows a lot of details about specific things related to insurance calculations, and has even worked calculating things of extreme importance to financial markets. A bit of a procrastinator or just over extended and seems to want to invest in himself and avoid the stock market. Couldn't at one point, due to his job apparently. He wants house money accumulation pot out of stock market.
Maturing preppy. Very much like her mother even to the careen choice after college. She absorbed it all and was a big influence to her match for equally preppy husband. They went from Dave Ramsey steps to Needing financial consultants in a few years. They hit the equivalent of the lottery with a stock from work situation and are now likely better off than us. Interestingly daughter was much more insistent than her hubby to bring the people in. I think it is because i enjoy investing as a hobby and spend a lot of time on it.
So it appears 3 of 4 have grabbed the Golden ticket. And one the Bronze or Siver ticket.
At times I feel regrets that i didn't do a better job, but men plan and the gods laugh. All you can do is all you can do. Hopefully all you can do is enough.
Am curious how others did in this parenting opportunity.