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-- Well-off, smartly dressed and displaying an impressive array of talents in and out of school, they seem to have perfect lives and be destined for exciting futures doing important things. Yet a growing number of children from wealthy backgrounds are suffering stress, not because of their friends or worrying about whether they will get a boyfriend or girlfriend, but because of their over-ambitious parents. --
Jammy little bastards...and their pandering parents. Grr. : x
#1 - Sun Aug 6, 2006 7:02 PM EDTSo why are well-off children so unhappy?
They're ungrateful @!$%#s. If my parents were mondo rich and had raised me in such a manner that I would have gone to Harvard and Princeton, I would be forever indebted.
#2 - Mon Aug 7, 2006 12:13 AM EDTThey are unhappy because of the pursuit of unattainable ideals by their parents, who, well camouflaged by upmarket items, confuse the children who quite rightly work out that society, their family's and the larger world is merely a collection of graduating price ranges. Love becomes a commodity.
Inversely as anyone who's been to India can recognise.
Why are those beggars so damn happy? I love the way that depresses the tourists.
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