[roel_v]

I grew up in a stable working class family where I was encouraged to study, and feel the same way. Why do all articles like this assume it's related to an upbringing in poverty?

[pessimizer]

Because if you belong to a stable middle class family, it's not only not true, but has never been true for you for a moment?

[roel_v]

What is 'not true'? That I can fall to where I came from when I fuck up? Why would it be less true for me than for someone else?

[forrestthewoods]

But, as discussed, this article is about feelings not truths.

[st3v3r]

Feelings dictate how one acts. Even if you can fail, if you feel you can't, that is going to affect quite a bit how you approach things, or if you approach them at all.

[roel_v]

Right, so how is that different for someone who grew up poor than for someone who grew up not poor?

[st3v3r]

That's what the entire discussion and article are about.

[roel_v]

No it's not, the unspoken assumption of the article is that it's specific to poor people.