Rich kids, what’s your relationship with your parents?

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Went to high school and college with a lot of people in the 0.001% and more often than not their relationship with their parents is not great. It's not that they fight or don't get along but since the parents were high performers and travelled a lot, it results in a bit of disconnect with the kids. You see many have an insane amount of freedom as well as money to spend which can also lead to poor choices. However, many of these kids despite their relationship with their parents do look up to them and try and emulate what they did. This is clearly anecdotal but having grown up around many of these families, I feel as though this is an accurate description. 

Money is always the center of everything, even though you know it doesn’t buy happiness. Mine didn’t come from money which makes the dynamic weird since they blessed me with everything they never had. You know you will never surpass what they have achieved, so you don’t even want to try. They either have impossible expectations or none at all. Not sure which is better. You start to question everything the moment you realize money doesn’t buy happiness. You don’t see them often growing up, that is the real opportunity cost. It’s easy to find yourself turning to drugs to fill that void.

Depends on how rich you're talking about. Went to a private school with several that had parents with net worths around ($50M-$150M). Honestly, I did not notice a considerable difference here. These kids were still fairly active in sports (swimming, lacrosse, football, etc.). They had the types of dads that would wear a vineyard vines fleece, who would come watch their son play football. They'd roll up in their Mercedes SUV and were still involved parents. I respected these families because they knew the had the means, but still acted like a real family. In many cases, the moms and dads were still super nice and would have us over for dinner. I think this level of wealth is the sweet spot, where you have are very well to do, but don't sacrifice family time. The kids seemed to have a strong bond with their parents. Kids never acted like brats or that they came from wealth.

I'll bite. 4th generation family business west coast 'redneck rich'. My dad is worth couple hundred mil and my trust is around 50.  Growing up I did not want to be rich, I was almost embarrassed by it and while I was still proud I acted out. I didn't want my life to be served on a silver platter. This alongside teenage angst led to some struggles between my dad and I. Around the time I left for college my dad and I started to get along much better. Part of it was the distance but I also grew up a lot and so did he (he realized he didn't have to always be stressed about work and a general hardo).Now we have an incredible relationship and work in the same field. We talk daily about markets, deals, careers etc.My mom and I have always gotten along great however she and my dad split up when I was in HS and they are not on good terms.I am the oldest and have several siblings. All well adjusted and motivated people who I am proud to be related to.Very different upbringing to others in this class however. No private school, worked though hs and college etc.Overall, I consider myself to be the luckiest person I know.