Comment by readams
2 years ago
One thing that jumps out is that being held back in school is one of the "adverse experiences" that will cause poor performance later. But of course being held back in school is what happens when your school performance is poor, so this seems backward. All of these things just seem to be proxies for "your parents are rich".
> being held back in school is what happens when your school performance is poor, so this seems backward
Why is that backward? Couldn't they be mutually affecting factors a la the failures of "No Child Left Behind"'s penalty system (as in: ACEs damage school performance, leading to risk of being held back a year, which risks additional ACEs)?
> All of these things just seem to be proxies for "your parents are rich".
If that is indeed a strong correlation, then that would be valuable insight gained from this study, I think.
>All of these things just seem to be proxies for "your parents are rich".
Those seem to be the big differentiators in my experience. Rich people typically have #2, so that's 1 of 2 right out of the gate.
Having a lot of money and having loving parents are not related in any way I can tell. Maybe they’re less likely to fight with each other in a money-based scenario, which is probably better for the kid.
Education makes a bit more sense since it’s at least easy to buy your way into a better education.
>Having a lot of money and having loving parents are not related in any way I can tell.
They're not, they serve different needs. Perhaps indirectly related, but having money certainly doesn't make you a good parent. Those are just prerequisites for a higher chance of success. If you have neither you have the least chance of success. If you have one, you're more likely to succeed, if you have both, you're most likely to succeed.