sorry for the late response but stupid HN doesn&#x27;t notify me when i get a response.  I will bitch about this until they implement it :)<p>You guys bring up a ton of great points.  I do want my kids to be aware of other &quot;classes&quot; not to grow up in a bubble but I don&#x27;t have to live next to a poor neighbor for them to understand poverty and care about the poor.<p>I grew up middle class most of my life and I have a lot of empathy (I think&#x2F;hope) mostly because my parents taught me that.  I remember when I didn&#x27;t finish my food as a kid my dad would say &quot;there are children starving in Ethiopia and you want to throw half your plate away&quot; (no offense, i grew up in Egypt as a kid and there was a famine in Ethiopia at the time).  Or when a button on a shirt falls off, my mom would fix it instead of just throwing away the entire shirt like many people in the USA would do (I assume).  Or collecting money for a struggling family in our church... These are all small examples but they helped me understand that not everyone had it as good&#x2F;bad as we did.<p>My point is, you can teach your kid empathy and compassion.  Take them to feed the homeless, have them donate money to the poor.  make sandwiches for a shelter. etc. etc...