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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3277458" data-attributes="member: 7883">That's a stereotype.  I'm sorry....but I've lived in some of the wealthier commmunities in Canada, and the "rich kids" of "educated" parents are still horridly behaved in many instances.  My family was having the house vandalized by the children of two sets of highly-ranked doctors who lived within a few houses of us.  Others burned down the local legion hall, and other community landmarks.  They're a continual problem.  Many of us were complaining to the police, and the police would intervene, and the parents would say "it's not my kids, no, *my* kids would never do that".Then, because we'd complained, we became targets for further harassment.  During the community meetings, the parents would complain that the police weren't doing their jobs....but then when the police *did* catch a kid, invariably the parents would say "my child has never done something like this before", and would insist they'd discipline the child....then the child would get right back into it a week or two later.The other community I lived, again, full of doctors, lawyers, university professors, corporate senior managers had the same kinds of problems.Both were wealthy communities, with well-educated parents, and I lived in those communities for years, and saw the problems just get worse.In actuality, all that the parents being rich and well-educated meant was that they had better connections to get their kids off scott-free.I've also seen communities in lower socio-economic status, and sure, there are problems there....but I find the primary difference is that the parents don't have the resources to get their kids off.  So there's a higher rate of punishment....Sorry if I sound a little bitter.  I think there are a lot of spoiled rich kids where I used to live who deserve to be sent to juvie. I'm not saying any of the above to brag....just to point out, anecdotally, that it's not just lower socio-economic status families who produce problem children.Banshee</blockquote>

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