Inheritocracy

 I was reading about inheritocracy. Children who live on the wealth of their parents or in-laws. One writer call it the bank of mom and dad. The term helicopter parents is also used. These are parents who I think get pleasure out of seeing their children live a lavish lifestyle. They provide a place to live. They provide expensive cars. they give the kids their credit cards. These spoiled children live, with the help of their parents and family, an extravagant lifestyle that otherwise they could not afford. The question is, are they helping or are they hurting their children?

Some of the children of inheritocracy feel like their life is empty and unsatisfying. They feel like they have missed out on some important lessons in life. They have everything their hears could desire, and they feel empty inside.

I grew up in a world where parents raised their children, and at an early age they emptied the nest. Mom and dad did what they could, but no more. Kids had to go out on their own and learn the lessons they needed to learn. They got jobs or went to college and then got jobs. They paid bills and learned how to budget their money. They got married, had children and started their own families. This worked for centuries. If you did your job as a Christian parent, your children will do fine. My children both are better off than their mother and I ever were.