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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
Very poignant story. There's this very rich guy (I forgot his name) who kept ragging on his father because he was as "poor as a church mouse" or something to that effect. Talk about issues. A parent's responsibility to a child is to take care of that child...not necessarily provide a RICH household for that child.
My parents were dirt poor when we immigrated from the Philippines to the US but their struggles enriched me in more ways than money ever could. It helped me realize the value of sacrifice, saving, taking risks, and being strong. I can't repay them enough for that.
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Yeah, that's part of what the book is teaching me... not necessarily to be RICH for my child, but to take care of him. And in doing so, to teach him how to be RICH. Or at least, to teach him to do things better than I did.
And that going to school, getting good grades and then finding a secure job he can do forever.... just might not be the way to do it.