Parents wanting a better future for their kids and doing everything they can to provide that, is a requirement. One the Boomer generation gleefully rejected. Sorry you're suffering Nuremberg syndrome from your shitty parents. Personally I've planned for my kids retirement already. Started investment accounts and have been regularly contributing. I'm also homeschooling and spend my time teaching my children important life skills. At this rate I should have a very generous investment portfolio ready to go when they turn adult, I'll have prevented liberal indoctrination, and I plan on helping them start a business as soon as they understand how. I plan on continued support and will give them good advice as I can. I won't berate them for having it easier, I won't be jealous of them and competitive to them. Sorry you had shit parents. It's pretty easy to see how the entire generation fucked up once you take the blinders off.