Some Differences Between People Born Wealthy and Born Poor

"If one of my sons has the ability, drive, and desire to be a general or king, so be it. He’ll be learning lessons at age 5 that I started learning at age 19. When he’s 14, he’ll know much of what I knew at 24."

I wish so much that this could be true, but my kids have a funny way of deciding what they're going to know (and what they aren't), despite my best efforts in teaching them what I want them to know. This seems to count double for "life lessons". I have this awful feeling that this is the back side of the orbit of how clueless my parents seemed to me. They tried this exactly and what I should have known at 5, took me until I was 19 and felt self-discovered.

Best of luck with yours, Seb.

Thanks for your insights. One of the things that has often pained me a lot is that when i speak with respect to poor people they don't like it (in my country). They are so used to being talked down (my language has various "modes" - talking with respect, talking to someone "smaller" etc).

Equally painful is when they treat me with a respect (deference) i do not deserve based solely on appearance.