I agree. Kids dont even care about hypocrisy! Here in upstate NY – they are as happy as I am to slide their fannies into that luxurious heated leather!
I talk to my kids a lot about spending/politics/religion (especially religion – seems like the super-religious people like jg are multiplying like cockroaches in America).
However, I also want them to strive to make enough $$s for things which satisfy their needs… again, the heated seats!, good shoes, a comfortable home, foreign travel, etc….you know… the basics. Or at least what i consider to be the basics.