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When parents struggle to explain wealth inequality and privilege to their children

My children are asking why some of their friends' families have so much less money than we do, and my partner and I realize we've never figured out how to explain wealth inequality and our own privilege in ways that don't sound like excuses.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parents must find language to help their children understand systemic inequality without dismissing their own complicity.

Ideas that help explain it
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