> One other thing which helps, significantly, is how much the parents value education. This is not a necessary condition, nor a sufficient one. There are plent

> One other thing which helps, significantly, is how much the parents value education. This is not a necessary condition, nor a sufficient one. There are plenty of examples where highly educated individuals didn't managed to become financially independent in spite of their education, which goes way beyond the old "literature/philosophy major" trope.