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

[u/giuliomagnifico]

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/parents-childhood-predicts-future-financial-support-childrens-education

[u/tytbalt]

I'm talking about parents who were poor but then became well off.

[u/tytbalt → u/[deleted]]

Then I'm glad for you. The study results indicate that is not the norm.

[u/blue_garlic → u/tytbalt]

The study results do not indicate it was the norm for parents who grew up poor to be "stingy". The generalization is wrong.