The idea that this is 'secret' is patently absurd. You would have to basically not interact with the world to think that. Parents _not_ helping children out is

The idea that this is 'secret' is patently absurd. You would have to basically not interact with the world to think that. Parents _not_ helping children out is an anomaly. It's definitionally bad parenting; it doesn't change because the subject may be physical goods or money rather than e.g. 20 years of food and water, or childhood education, or just making sure they don't walk out into the road, etc. So too is the idea that people should be ashamed of it. Literally every non-damaged parent out there gives their children money or housing or something similar; the degree may differ (a poor parent may have to stop at 16 or 18), but the fundamental idea is the same. I don't have wealthy parents. I've done fine. Would I have done better if, all else being equal, they had a few million? Perhaps. To me this all seems like sour grapes. Be happy with where you are in life. There's always more.