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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you grew up in poverty, do you resent your parents for it? Why or why not? [/quote]

I try hard not to let these feelings bubble to the surface, but yes, I do resent them.  There was always money for cigarettes and beer.  They were callous about taking small amounts of money from me (like birthday gifts) and never returning it, even though they knew they were just going to fritter it away and it could have brought me some happiness.  They were absolutely incapable of budgeting so that things could have been just a little bit more bearable.  I begged them to let me handle things like grocery shopping and they refused.

What I really resent today, though, is that they let me believe our suffering was all because of a lack of money.  I worked like crazy to get out of there, to make a life for myself, and to earn a lot.  And I've done that.  But now as I grow older and parent my own children, I realize we were missing so much more.  The damage inflicted through causing us to grow up in poverty pales in comparison to the damage inflicted through abuse and neglect.  [/quote]

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