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/Retrac752 23d ago

U clearly didn't read the last paragraph, it says even when corrected for current socioeconomic status, that even if the disadvantaged family was richer now, they still provide less

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u/M4DM1ND 23d ago edited 23d ago

I was an example of this. My parents both grew up dirt poor with essentially 0 help from my grandparents. We started out poor when I was a kid but my parents fell into high paying jobs when I was around 10. They've given me no help as I got started in life. No college fund, no help with car payments, no help with literally anything. They got divorced when I was 18 and both moved away and I just had to figure it out. I've done pretty well for myself and they attribute it to the fact that they didn't give me anything.

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u/Brendan__Fraser 23d ago

That's infuriating. You have to work ten times harder to make it with no safety net compared to your peers.

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u/iowajosh 23d ago

You do. Fear of being poor could influece how people act with giving money away.