Proverbs 13:22 says: "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous."
I've read several interviews over the years where wealthy people say things along the lines of "my kids won't see a cent of my money", ***but*** the way they come off is smug and holier-than-thou as if it's a virtue to not leave your kids anything.
It is one thing to say that you don't want your kids to end up being entitled brats who end up junkies but that has to do with how you parent them *before* you die. I think that when these types of stories are published, it causes older generation to think that leaving nothing to their children isn't just normal, but praiseworthy.
Additionally, when someone in the entertainment industry makes these sorts of comments, they want to believe that their wealth came from how great they were without any acknowledgement that they were lucky. It would be like a lottery winner saying that he wasn't going to leave his children any of his lottery winnings because he "wants them to know how to work for a living".
It's the *attitude* that gets me, the idea that people think not leaving your children an inheritance is something to brag about.
My grandparents gave my Boomer parents a solid inheritance. My Boomer parents pretty much held mine hostage unless I towed the line with their goy beliefs and values.
Until one day I said “fuck it, no amount of money is worth your shit”. I expect and have prepared for zero.
They actually bragged about how much money they'd be leaving to us; the business, which we both put hundreds of unpaid hours into over our childhoods, and the land it's on will be liquidated.
I've told them I don't want it. If they want to run everything, let them be buried with their money. They can pay some immigrant to take care of them, too.