As someone who grew up beneath the proverty line I can assuredly tell you that books were pretty much the only thing that my mother's lack of money did not effect. No cable, sometimes very little food, but hundreds and hundreds of books in the house. Most used book stores sell classics for like a dollar. I think I paid three bucks for a copy of The Brothers Karamazov when I was thirteen.
Your classism is showing. While it's true that working class parents are often busier and more stressed out than middle and upper class parents, making the blanket assumption that they're more neglectful in regards to their child's education and interests is kind of ignorant and insulting.
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As someone who grew up beneath the proverty line I can assuredly tell you that books were pretty much the only thing that my mother's lack of money did not effect. No cable, sometimes very little food, but hundreds and hundreds of books in the house. Most used book stores sell classics for like a dollar. I think I paid three bucks for a copy of The Brothers Karamazov when I was thirteen.
Your classism is showing. While it's true that working class parents are often busier and more stressed out than middle and upper class parents, making the blanket assumption that they're more neglectful in regards to their child's education and interests is kind of ignorant and insulting.