Posted by Dinah on August 2, 2006, at 12:11:56
In reply to GREAT show on “privileged” kids, posted by pseudoname on July 18, 2006, at 17:55:02
I'm not sure such stereotyping is at all fair. I doubt a program on the shortcomings of economically disadvantaged parents would be as well received. Is it somehow better that it's a group that is perceived as advantaged?
And I'm not sure where the idea that therapy is avoided comes from. Although I'm not in the income range she describes, I know many parents who are, and therapy is no more a stigma than going to the hairdresser. Not for them and not for their children. In this day and age?
Perhaps she's talking about a subset of people in this economic class. A subset that values certain things, like conformity or superficial things. To think that just because your job gives you a certain income that you must suddenly become part of a group who just happen to make the same amount of income seems a bit odd to me. And such a narrow income range it was, too.
There are good and bad parents in every income level. Truly privileged kids are the ones with good parents.
I would think the parents most likely to view their kids' success as their own would be the ones who aren't secure with their own identity or what they've accomplished in life. I see no reason that would be more prevalent in one income group than another. Although it may be more common among those who value comformity and superficial things, since those things might give a sense of security to parents who are fundamentally insecure in their own selves?
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