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My parents both with a 6th grade education who got married in 1957 in Bronx had four kids. My Mom was a SAHM, my Dad worked 60 hour work weeks. We had a rent controlled shithole 750sf rental that was two bedroom. Girls got second small bedroom. Brother and I slept on mattress on living room floor.

All four kids got masters degree and all four multi millionaires. Heck I live in a two million dollar home, have a beach house and a Stay at home wife

You don’t need money to have kids. If anything being poor is a great motivator.

DCUM is weird, look at JD Vance. You might hate him but dude grew up poor as shit. The next prez might be trailor park trash.
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NP here. What seems to be the difference here is that this PP and their 3 siblings all got undergrad and college degrees, which enabled them to move up the financial ladder. Having at least a college degree is a huge advantage to earning a higher income, it just is. Which goes completely against what the WSJ is trying to push in their article.

Two American Families is an EXCELLENT documentary from Frontline where they followed 2 families from Milwaukee for over 30 years (1991-2024) where the parents were initially union workers in plants that lost their jobs in the early 90s when the plants close down. None of the parents have a college degree. Both families are likable, hard working, very decent people with kids. It is a fascinating look at very regular, average people who struggle and the effect on their lives, their marriage, their children. And you see their children grow up. The children who become the biggest successes: the ones that go and graduate from college.

This is something really everyone should watch. Frontline put it free on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/VClQ_TlXT2U?si=IWbMnLhSXDOvJ5cI[/quote]

This is an excellent Frontline program. I grew up just outside Milwaukee and am a bit older than the couples in this program. I remember all of the jobs that were lost from Briggs & Stratton and many others. Milwaukee was an industrial powerhouse in its heyday. What happened is so sad. These people grew up believing the jobs would be there just as they were for their parents. [/quote]

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