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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Matt Egan he/him/his
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Once I was 14 and old enough to work myself yes, but not before that, unless you count the constant fighting by my parents about how they couldn't afford all the bills AND for us to eat but without specific dollar amounts being argued about about 90% of the time, then yes.
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09:26 PM - May 21, 2023
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