My dad earns 2.5x my graduation salary (which in France is a huge difference - I'm 31 now). Don't worry about your kids knowing the figures, I've always rationa

My dad earns 2.5x my graduation salary (which in France is a huge difference - I'm 31 now). Don't worry about your kids knowing the figures, I've always rationalized about my father: He's from a business school (earns more than engineers), he explained me stuff about fluid mechanics theory (=He's smarter than me), he had 30 years of experience when I had 0.5, he manages 150 people when I would be incapable of that, and most of all, if your child isn't that rich, you may have 3 kids when he can adjust to having 2 or 1 if necessary. If anything, knowing the figures will help kids plan their life accordingly and with more anticipation; the only drawback is I'm not good at holding secrets and a few friends have known about my father's salary. The most important is probably something your kids already know: My father has a belly, and that's the result of long years of stress; In other terms he paid his wealth with his health.