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> parents giving you money has zero correlation with your "good, supporting family" How is that possible for there to be zero correlation? It seems like there

• notaustinpowers 3y ago
  Until a study says otherwise, I'm going off of my own experiences. I've met people with parents who were loaded, but wouldn't give them any money because they wanted to drive home the idea of working for the money. But also wealthy families who will give their kids money when asked just because they know that's the quickest way to get them to go away. I also have many friends who live at home with their parents and are, essentially, dirt poor, but have a supportive, loving family. Family dynamics and wealth aren't tied by any connecting factors. Being born into a wealthy family doesn't give you a higher chance of having a good, supportive family. Just as the opposite statement of being born into a poor family means you'll have a bad, unsupportive family.
  • sokoloff 3y ago
    That's an argument that the correlation is less than 1.0, not that it's 0. (I agree that it's not 1, but I don't agree that it's 0.)