Re:Low parental income in childhood linked to increased risk...
by generalizations on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:31AM
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>> My parents immigrated to a country with basically nothing and barely spoke English. I can't imagine what their lives were like, how hard it must have been. I was raised below the poverty line and had free lunch well into high school.
> Young Jimmy can’t pull himself up by his bootstraps when dad is in jail and mom works 12 hour shifts at McDonald’s. School feeds him breakfast and lunch.
I don't see the difference. It sounds like Jimmy is starting at the point the OP's parents did, not OP.
Re:Low parental income in childhood linked to increased risk...
by rrobukef on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:44AM
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Isn't there a big difference between a child that still has to learn basic skills such as cooking and an adult that was taught this. One person compared to a couple?
> Young Jimmy can’t pull himself up by his bootstraps when dad is in jail and mom works 12 hour shifts at McDonald’s. School feeds him breakfast and lunch.
I don't see the difference. It sounds like Jimmy is starting at the point the OP's parents did, not OP.