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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Kids who grow up in the poorist families can be very happy -- and be very successful.
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Agree. Money is not a determinate of how loving and successful a family is. I grew up in an "affluent" neighborhood and I watched friends and classmates deal with divorce, domestic abuse, child abuse, and sexual abuse. I even watched a kid in my class deal with the aftermath after his mother was thrown in jail for trying to murder his father after she caught him cheating. This was a very wealthy family!!! These family issues are not isolated in poor families. Wealth will not necessarily mean this child will get a better upbringing. What matters the most is that the biological parents love this child and want to give the child the best upbringing possible although they don't have as much money. Doesn't that stand for something?
Sorry, I was a sociology minor and I took most my classes in family studies. I just hate when people think that being wealthy means the family is classier and more "together". Not necessarily true at all.