I don’t know, I think maybe kids do have to pursue a life, including living within their means, that is most in line with their personality traits.

I am not so sure why living away from our families is the epitome of success? Couldn’t it, under some circumstances, be cool to have a multi-generational home front? It’s pretty common in Latin America and those people are good. Or should we say, hell we can’t all make it living independently here, so you go to Texas, you go to Bahrain and you go live in a trailer in Hope Arizona? O.K., I understand that is not a scenario any pigg other than me will likely have to contemplate, but in the case it was , teaming up could be better. Is living and dieing with your family against natural law or something? What makes it an abomination?

All I really expect of my kids is that they live within their means ,which could mean do their fair share, take the best care of their health that they can, and be decent people…even hippies can do that.Nobody is going to live a perfect life.

Seems like a lot of parents are in the business of choosing their kid’s standard of living every single day of their lives. Heaven forbid they take the family tradition of achievement and materialism a step backwards.

I doubt my kids will be hippies, but I hope they do things inline with their main positive personality traits. If that means being a mechanic, or a emergency care provider, or a never quite hit the big time entrepreneur, or whatever, it’s their business.

Their standard of living goals and tradeoffs are of their choosing not mine. Doesn’t mean I won’t teach them about possible folly. We are fully engaged in the process of educating them the best we can, with the resources we have, until they are of a mind to begin choosing where to go with their lives. Who really knows in the end though?