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Eric Siu reflects on what makes parents proud: mostly their kids' popularity with peers and visible financial success. He suggests parental pride is driven by social comparison rather than deeper values.

Eric Siu reflects on what makes parents proud: mostly their kids' popularity with peers and visible financial success. He suggests parental pride is driven by social comparison rather than deeper values.
The moments that I think they would be proud of are like super stereotypical, right? Like, it's when their friends brag to them about like, oh wow, my sons are a fan of your son, and then when they see how much money I'm making, you know, like, and in comparison to their friends, always that's when they're proud, right?