Can 'Rather, kids today are not only little bundles of joy but also are perhaps the ultimate symbols of worldly success and status.' be viewed as neither a logical extension nor a contradiction of 'While kids today are symbols of success and status, and their parents are too. '
Rather, kids today are not only little bundles of joy but also are perhaps the ultimate symbols of worldly success and status.###While kids today are symbols of success and status, and their parents are too. 