> One pernicious part of growing up poor is that the moment a child gets a bit of money it is taken away. A lesson I’ve not forgotten to this day. A family mem

> One pernicious part of growing up poor is that the moment a child gets a bit of money it is taken away. A lesson I’ve not forgotten to this day. A family member set up a deal where me and my sisters had to feed three pigs for a period and look after them, the reward? The money when the little piggies were eventually sold. And so we did, and we did it well, and were excited, as we’d never had money before due to how poor we were. When the time came, our parents instead took the money, and told us they were entitled to it, and that we should be more grateful as it wa s our fault in the first place we had very little money and that we should think of this as doing our bit to pay a bit of that back. We were like…10-12. That lived with me for a very long time.