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or, you don't take your kids to disney world, but teach them, bright and early when they are young, that the family is poor. That they need to understand what circumstance they are in, and don't throw tantrums or compare themselves to their neighbours who _do_ have the money to go. Tell them they need to study hard, and make sure they get a good education from school, so that their future is better than the parent's.

Then, when they are 18, they'd have a much more mature mentality, and won't go out to get drunk and cause problems for themselves. They'd be able to get a job, or try start their own business, etc. When time comes for them to have their own kids, they'd have enough to take their kids to disneyland.




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