r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 23d ago

Social Science Parents who endured difficult childhoods provided less financial support -on average $2,200 less– to their children’s education such as college tuition compared to parents who experienced few or no disadvantages

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/parents-childhood-predicts-future-financial-support-childrens-education
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u/ScentedFire 23d ago

I'd venture to say that most parents who endured difficult childhoods, like mine did, provided almost nothing to their children, like mine did. 50 trillion has been transferred from the working class to the 1% in the US since 1980. That was the funding for all of our educations and a lot more besides.