Alicia Kline
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Growing up, did your parents share how much money they made with you? Or how much certain expenses like rent/mortgage, car loans, or groceries cost each month?
08:42 PM - May 21, 2023
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Alicia Kline
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I have a theory that those on both extremes of the class spectrum had a better idea of what was going on financially in their own household.
08:44 PM - May 21, 2023
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Alicia Kline
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For example, it would be hard/impossible to keep homelessness or food insecurity completely hidden from your children.
08:46 PM - May 21, 2023
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Alicia Kline
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And those that grew up very wealthy likely knew it, too.
08:47 PM - May 21, 2023
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Which leaves those in the "middle class", however you would define it. I think those kids were mostly blissfully unaware of what their parents' true budget situation was.
08:50 PM - May 21, 2023
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Mary ♿ Cairns
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No but we had to work for our allowance. We all had jobs starting between 10-12 babysitting, yard work, and house cleaning. My siblings had retail jobs in HS while I still babysat and did house cleaning. We all paid for our senior year activities, makeup, books, not for school clothes.
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08:51 PM - May 21, 2023
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Alicia Kline
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In response to Mary ♿ Cairns.
I grew up firmly on the lower end of lower middle class. I never remember not having food, but my parents drove old crappy cars and my first car cost $100. Really. Our house was in disrepair. Once I started working at 16, I paid for A LOT of my own stuff.
08:58 PM - May 21, 2023
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