Comment by Clubber
2 years ago
>All of these things just seem to be proxies for "your parents are rich".
1. You have good parents (attentive/loving/encouraging/supportive/available).
2. You have access to a good education.
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.