Must Read-Rich people's problems by Ruto's daughter

Sunday, July 6, 2014 - Many people think that childrenfrom rich families have no problems in their life since their parents provide to them anything they ask for.

But Ruto’s daughter, June, now says that most children who come from rich families have many problems than you can imagine. She claims most of them have been neglected by their parents because they are busy looking for more money. This makes them suffer in silence and loneliness becomes part of their life.

Here is what she had to say via social media.

I thought about this question often when I was a teenager, partly because I went to a ‘privileged school’ where you could get in either by passing numerous tests or by having the right connections and making generous donationfor school improvements. Consequently, I had classmates from very poor families and those who had everything a teenager could ever ask for (from the latest gadgets to fancydesignerclothes).

At times it seemed cool having rich parents, who gave you expensive gifts and took you on the exoticvacations during summer holidays. Who would not want to be the offspring of a well-to-do family and have a top-quality education in a prestigious university.

However, the more I thought about it the more I realized that behind the gleam of luxury of my rich classmates often laid loneliness and self-consciousness. Their parents never had time for them. Their future had been planned out since they were little. And deep down they were intimidated by their parent’s success and struggling to live up to someone else’s unrealistic expectations. There are many families that are successful in a monetary sense, whose children grow up to be hard-working, generous, compassionate and bright individuals.

The Kenyan DAILY POST.