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Yes, poverty is a mindset but not monolithically. Poor people make decisions around finances just like every other type of person in the western world. It's not
by thelock85 11y ago
Yes, poverty is a mindset but not monolithically. Poor people make decisions around finances just like every other type of person in the western world. It's not clear who "no one actually cares" refers to, but in my experiences communities and households living in poverty care deeply about education. They just often lack the $$$ resources to supplement a crappy public school education. I'd be more inclined to agree if I (or you) could point to sustained mobility of populations out of generational poverty sans economic or political interventions, but I can't.
- cheez 11y agoMy statement wasn't clear. It's common for people to think they know better than the parents and that the best thing they can do for the kids is to take them away from their families. As another poster stated, such interventions institutionalize children. That's what I meant. If it were as simple as "oh, you shouldn't raise your own kids" the current school system would have done its job.