“Parents who refuse to discuss their salary with their kids are setting them up for financial failure”
Agree
- Money secrecy creates shame and ignorance
- Kids need realistic career income expectations early
- Transparency teaches budgeting through real family examples
- The taboo makes financial literacy impossible
Disagree
- Children lack context to process that information
- It creates inappropriate comparison with other families
- Financial principles matter more than specific numbers
- Privacy teaches healthy boundaries around money talk
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