I know they’re speaking to their readership. The issue is that that the vast majority of publications speak to that demographic, regardless of who might be reading or most affected by an issue. One need look no further than the scores of commenters who often show up on this site to insist that their $200K+ incomes are…

The snark is because that well-educated, affluent subset who are the majority of voices given a platform on this issue (despite being an extreme minority in the population as a whole) often fail to recognize that their experiences don’t apply to everyone, precisely because theirs are the only ones they choose to talk…

By “people” you mean, like, almost nobody, yes? Because, despite the fact that parents with young children are the War-on-Christmas Christians of the reproductive landscape (read: I am the most supported/respected/validated person in our society, but sometimes people make me feel bad! THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME.),…

Wait, you think that people who want everybody to have the freedom to equally enjoy space (read: hear their thoughts, have their own conversations, enjoy a night out in a public space that requires people not to behave like toddlers) are as snowflakey as someone who takes it upon themselves to decide what tons of…

Really? Ghosting someone you actually have a serious relationship with (romantic or otherwise) is horrible and manipulative. Full stop.

You’re missing the point. Nobody said that your parents couldn’t be good, hard-working people who also happened to have money, just that the things they gave you, regardless of their cost at the time relative to today, were not things most people’s families could give them. Being thrifty and and hardworking do not…

Really? I feel like the comments on this thread where people are sharing their similar experiences of relative wealth (and explaining the associated ignorance) FAR outnumber the kinds of comments you’re talking about. I also haven’t seen anything particularly mean-spirited. Frank and impatient, sure. Which I feel like…

See, I know people aren’t trying to be smug when they say things like this, but...most people who raise their kids in 10+-year-old cars and Kmart and hand-me-downs (probably actually “most people,” in a literal sense) don’t end up with a sweet retirement that makes it “worth it.”

Six kids through college with no loans and a down payment for each of those kids? Unless you went to the University of Costs 20 Dollars and bought a cardboard box to live in, yes—that is pretty much literally what makes a family rich. Richer than someone with a private plane and 5 houses? No. Rich compared to what is…

But it’s possible to be good people who are smart and conservative with their finances who are still rich. And knowing how much your parents have wouldn’t have explained why you didn’t go skiing, but the fact that you didn’t go skiing also doesn’t change the realities of what their financial situation meant for you in…

I like this approach, as long as they also emphasized that growing up with the resources you had made it more likely that your hard work would lead to the lifestyle you wanted. In my experience some privileged parents go so hard in the “hard work” direction to encourage effort in their kids that they end up (perhaps…

I think what a lot of people seem to miss when thinking about this is that it’s really only half about making sure your kids, specifically, are financially literate and equipped to take care of their own ish someday. You don’t necessarily have to disclose your income to do this.