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I dont have "data", but I just wanna say, I grew up super fucking poor. Did it make me wanna steal, beat up people, and do general no good? No, quite the opposite!
My parents were poor. My mom especially. But both were very intelligent. They worked hard and built a good life and set their children up for success.
One generation is all it takes to get out of poverty.
Good deal man, thats awesome, and you are right.
My growing up is kinda complex, I didnt have 2 parents. But, my thinking in my head growing up, was I wanted to do better, but I didnt wanna be rich. I seen how some folk got when they got some money, changed them. I just wanted to be a good ol' boy, ya know? Eventually own a home, and raise a family. Well, life never goes the way you want it, but I still feel I raised my son DAMN good. He did without here and there too, but nothing like I did. He got toys from both his parents, and "Santa", not from the Salvation Army on Christmas. He didnt have to grow up in the ghetto, but not in a suburb either. Now he grown, and he doing better than me! Im so proud of him. I know, doing the best I could, I still did good.
You should be proud. Raising a child right is a huge responsibility and is one significant way of having a positive effect on society as a whole.
As far as what makes people happy, I say "Whatever floats your boat." As long as it is not through injustice to others.
Some people are driven to be rich. Some people want a big family. Some people want to experience a variety of interests.
But I think very few people want to live in poverty. So people in that position who are able to get out, should get out.
Thanks man. He lost his mom in his early teens too... cancer.
Thats exactly how I thought, I didnt wanna be trapped in the system like my mom was. She was on disability. She was murder/suicide 22 years ago, thanks to her crazy ex.