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Does it matter if there are bad grades? Is the difference between bad grades, and exceptional grades, a good reason to set a kid up with Lambo-grade back-up as

Does it matter if there are bad grades? Is the difference between bad grades, and exceptional grades, a good reason to set a kid up with Lambo-grade back-up as far as resources and access to capital? I think it's pretty natural, if your resources are exceptional, to treat that as extending to your immediate family. Therefore it doesn't matter what grades the kid gets because there is nothing they can possibly do that's more important than being your kid, and so they'll automatically be your kid and have access to the resources of your family unit. I don't see a special moral dispensation for, 'this kid APPLIED himself and therefore it's okay that he never had to worry'.

jariel 6y ago
It matters a lot. "it doesn't matter what grades the kid gets because there is nothing they can possibly do that's more important than being your kid, and so they'll automatically be your kid and have access to the resources of your family unit." Just because you love your kid doesn't mean you give them everything. In fact, being superlatively rich probably comes with a whole bunch of extra challenges in raising a kid. No matter how many 'resources' a kid has access to, doing a 'good job' and having a little bit if self discipline are essential to having a good character, being civic, and also creating a positive future for oneself and ones community. Having a 'Lambo' is a very exceptional thing it stands out definitely more than one's peers. A poorly behaved, entitled kid who'll use that Lambo to rub it in the faces of his peers, who accomplishes little doesn't deserve it. Of course not everyone 'get good grades', it's entirely possible a kid is deserving in some way, by grades are at least some crude measure of applying oneself. Frankly, however much money I had I wouldn't even give my kid a Lambo, it's way too much attention and ostentatious luxury, children are not good at handling that. It's excessive and materialist. 'Access to capital' is an entirely different story as investing for the prospect of value creation is difficult than conspicuous consumption of luxury items.

jariel 6y ago

It matters a lot. "it doesn't matter what grades the kid gets because there is nothing they can possibly do that's more important than being your kid, and so they'll automatically be your kid and have access to the resources of your family unit." Just because you love your kid doesn't mean you give them everything. In fact, being superlatively rich probably comes with a whole bunch of extra challenges in raising a kid. No matter how many 'resources' a kid has access to, doing a 'good job' and having a little bit if self discipline are essential to having a good character, being civic, and also creating a positive future for oneself and ones community. Having a 'Lambo' is a very exceptional thing it stands out definitely more than one's peers. A poorly behaved, entitled kid who'll use that Lambo to rub it in the faces of his peers, who accomplishes little doesn't deserve it. Of course not everyone 'get good grades', it's entirely possible a kid is deserving in some way, by grades are at least some crude measure of applying oneself. Frankly, however much money I had I wouldn't even give my kid a Lambo, it's way too much attention and ostentatious luxury, children are not good at handling that. It's excessive and materialist. 'Access to capital' is an entirely different story as investing for the prospect of value creation is difficult than conspicuous consumption of luxury items.