My Children Do Not Appreciate the Support I Provide Them

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

2024. 7. 9

🔹Question : Thank you for taking my question. Wespend a lot of time, money, and effort on our kids, or example, on private school, extra curriculum classes, music, and sports. As parents, we are working very hard to support all of these. And we hope that our time, money, and efforts are well spent, and the kids would appreciate it by fully utilizing these opportunities. I know that this is our desire to properly train the kids, and we shouldn't have that desire. However, it's hard to not expect anything. I don't mean to expect that they will take care of us when we get older, or they will buy us something. But we hope that they can work to their full potential. Sometimes, when we see kids watching YouTube videos or playing games, we feel that they don't really appreciate these opportunities. And I ask myself why I have to spend the money and effort on private school, sports, and music. We can save that money to do more good for society or retire early. Sometimes, I think it's my own anxiety that I have to spend that money on kids because I'm afraid that they might fail in the future.So, I'm trying to figure out what is the problem and trying to stop it.I've been thinking about that for over two months and I couldn't find the answer.

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