# Why is discussing a family's income / personal earnings with children considered taboo?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-discussing-a-familys-income-personal-earnings-with-children-considered-taboo/817416 "2018-07-06T20:02:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-discussing-a-familys-income-personal-earnings-with-children-considered-taboo/817416/41 "2018-07-09T17:31:27Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> For a lot of people, there isn’t a significant difference.

I believe that that’s increasingly not the case with the gig economy and second jobs.

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