you can instill hard work without performative labor. the issue isnt even just about money, it’s about kids access to good schools, healthcare, clean food, educational support, clean air, etc. no one should recreate the conditions of poverty under the guise of character building
Shaquille O’Neal says his kids need three degrees to touch Daddy’s cheese
“In order to touch Daddy's cheese you gotta have three degrees because I believe in respectable nepotism”
“I was with the Miami Heat one day and this article came out. The grandmother leaves the son $250,000,000”
“This kid's on his knees scrubbing the bathroom floor and I'm looking at him. I'm like, hey man, didn't your grandmother just leave you $250,000,000?”
“Yeah, but Dad wants me to start from the bottom. Once I saw that I was like, you know what, that right there is respectable nepotism”
“I also have to teach my kids we're not rich, I'm rich”