Do Rich Parents Produce Smarter Kids?

http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/25/perspective-on-the-parenting-debate-rich-parents-dont-matter/

Umm... In a word... no...


They'd like to think they do, but nup.

Many poor people produce smart kids..Some successful smart people came from poor family..

I think, on average, probably yes. Because in many cases, rich parents will be well-educated professionals, whose ethos will rub off onto their children. Also, they are more likely to travel and experience other mind-broadening events.

The asnwer depends. To some family maybe yes and to some maybe no.


When I was in Primary School, we brothers and sisters used to complain to our Parents of the Things to do after School. We brothers and sisters of 8 has respective stuff assigned to us after school and even during week ends and school holidays. We have helpers/ maids at home in which these things to do for us are supposed to be their job which my father is paying for. One day I yelled at the helper for watching me doing one of my assigned task saying" You Idiot do this, my Dad pays you to do this job not me." This incident was known to my father and had a Big Family Meeting after Dinner at that day. Everyone got scared except me as I am prepared with my reasons comparing my family to other families in the neighbourhood why they can have all the time playing, having fun after school but not us, the fact that we are in the same bracket with them in the society, I mean financially speaking. When I said that to my father, he replied " I am not doing this for my self, Yes today I have wealth and money to pay Helpers for each of you, I can buy car for each of you and can give you all the luxuries in life, all the things that can make your life easy, I can even bribe the teachers to put you on top of the class and graduate with flying colours that you guys never sweat on it" But would you know the value of success done with hardships? Would you be happy and proud to your self that you did this because I paid it for you? I hired these people not as helpers/maids but I hired them as your supervisors, your guardians in my absence. Dream big and work hard for that dream to come true. This is the legacy that our father had left for us and we are proud of him. People in our town look up on him the way we were trained and this is what we brothers and sisters instills in our offsprings.


Those neighbours of ours whom I envied so much, have nothing to be proud off, they squandered their parents wealth, on the other hand we have a neighbours who in those days, skip meals,no shoes going to school, their parents work so hard so can bring their kids to school and the kids helps them as well so hard. Their life was so difficult but today huhhhh... They are BIG TIME. REAL SUCCESSFUL in their respective careers.


That's why I said depends, maybe yes maybe no.