Many of children of the super rich suffer from depression, anxiety and worry that they will be able to live up to their very accomplished parents and live as luxurious a life as the one in which they grew up.
Thomas Gilbert may or may not be the typical child of the super rich, his unhappiness was obvious.
“Michael M. Thomas, a former investment banker and a novelist of Wall Street manners, said that if he were ever to write a book about his own privileged upbringing, he would title it “Orphans With Parents.” Meaning that despite the private clubs, the best schools and all the many things that money can buy, there has always been for those born into this world a sense of acute loneliness that can strain ties with parents and mark a child forever.”
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