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Re:How Poverty Changes Kids’ Brains by baldfat on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @11:33AM (#10745329)
> I feel like poor kids actually have an advantage because they have a natural instinct to try harder to survive.

Anecdotal evidence

Not to take away from your achievement BUT you are sadly the exception. You are not giving yourself enough credit.

I have adopted and fostered children from abusive impoverished lives. They are great and are in college but they still struggle to achieve it in a timely manner. They also struggle with grades though they actually are above average in intelligence.

PS Top .1 % income children are also impacted negatively but they have an easier fall back (Grow up and financial means to give themselves unlimited supply of alcohol and drugs) Where I grew up these rich kids were having 3rd world diseases like scurvy since they just ate what they wanted.

Re:How Poverty Changes Kids’ Brains by dijit on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @11:39AM (#10745374)
Anecdotal but it's the same for me here, I grew up in the UK to a single mother who didn't work.

I worry any children I have will be spoiled (because I'll instinctively spoil them) and wont have the drive I do.