How to Raise Wealthy Kids (So many veer off)

Have you ever wondered why the ancient Israelites have veered off the excellent deal they got from God: “I will give you peace, and prosperity, and all you have to do in return is to smash the altars of the vanquished natives, and put forth prescribed cattle sacrifice for my glory.” Wouldn’t you sign off on that deal? What’s more: the price of cheating is very steep: a total community destruction, a bloody military defeat, a fate of slavery. When you give an electrical shock to a worm when it chooses the wrong path in a fork of the roads, the worm pretty quickly learns to choose right. But for centuries, the Israelites have time and again been lured by the lewd culture of the defeated inhabitants of the land. And every time they so sinned, they paid dearly. Shocked, the Israelites cried to God, begged, got another chance and… veered off again. Strange-

Strange indeed. But it can be explained in light of the philosophy of unbound ignorance. Deep inside we all know that life, as prosperous and as tranquil as it may be — does not make sense. It’s at best a smooth, well oiled journey from birth to departure. Nothing is left, really. So why bother? For the struggling class this unanswered question is too distant, they are busy securing some safety, and earning a few bucks to keep running. But the well to do, who lose interest in glitz as fast as they go through it, the question of meaning, cause, sense, is up and pinching. And if you give your children everything one may desire, but hide from them the truth about our unbound ignorance of life and reality — your kids are likely to behave towards you the way the Israelites took exception to God’s deal. They will experiment with all the restricted stuff you marked as “out of limit”. They will desparatey look for an explanation, a cause, a meaning — in all the wrong places.

So, as a wise parent, share with your children the truth that, we adults, we have not figured it out yet. Life is not explained. We manage to make it easy on you, smooth frictionless; but meaning, cause, sense — that is still up in the air. Perhaps, you, your generation, will take a good stab at it. And there is plenty to search for around you, son, daughter, without having to poison your brain with undue chemicals, or contaminate your character with stupid crowd mania. Use your comfort and wealth to search high and low for what is going on. Better search this wholesomely and cognizantly than sickly and unaware.