jake williams
9th March 2008, 09:39
Here's a dilemma. While I don't expect, intend, or in a sense even want to be wealthy, I do expect, and intend, and hope that in the main phase of my adult life I'll have the economic and other means to be fairly secure (like not constantly a month behind on rent and thereby almost evicted, like regularly and dependably being able to get groceries, things I don't really have now) and free to pursue what I'd like to pursue, including a reasonable political life. And I've grown up poor. And I can't live with myself if I let my kid grow up poor.
But I do think there's an ideological conflict here. To what extent do I allow my child whatever economic privilege I can scrounge for myself? There's definitely a dilemma. Partly it's that we're in an unfortunate position where we have to concern ourselves with acquiring for ourselves this sort of economic position, but don't just say "Then don't be rich!". While I don't intend to be "rich", I'd like to have a bit of money, and there aren't really better options just now.
Am I making some sense, my general problem? And does anyone have an idea as to how I might approach this?
But I do think there's an ideological conflict here. To what extent do I allow my child whatever economic privilege I can scrounge for myself? There's definitely a dilemma. Partly it's that we're in an unfortunate position where we have to concern ourselves with acquiring for ourselves this sort of economic position, but don't just say "Then don't be rich!". While I don't intend to be "rich", I'd like to have a bit of money, and there aren't really better options just now.
Am I making some sense, my general problem? And does anyone have an idea as to how I might approach this?