To be, after watching this doc, so happy with the normal-income upbringing i am giving my children

[OctaviaH]

click through to the rest of the parts. "born rich"

It's a documentary by an heir to the Johnson&Johnson fortunes, featuring interviews with his similarly wealthy friends.

Seriously, most of them are utterly vile. And not very happy to boot.

My family and I have enough to eat and somewhere to live. There are others who do not. Our lives will not be improved by a bigger and better house or a more exotic holiday.

I realise these are not exactly profound realisations but somehow seeing the unhappy rich puts it into sharper perspective for me than seeing the unhappy poor.

Would love to hear your perspectives on the doc if you have time to watch it!

I haven't seen the documentary, but it doesn't necessarily follow that the very rich bring their children up in a way that damages them any more than it's true for any other marginal section of society.

I agree with you though that it's comforting to realise that one of the most rewarding things in life is a supportive happy family and if you don't have it then no amount of material things can make up for it.

YANBU! I worry sometimes that as we just have the one dd, that we maybe "spoil" her a little. And by spoil I mean a "Littlest Pet" or a comic when I go shopping. And here they have roundabouts pop up here there and everywhere, so she always gets a go....

Please may we have a link that works? Thanks.