The things that keep parents poor also prevent them from helping educate their children. I spend more time looking at those that overcame poverty. We often see

The things that keep parents poor also prevent them from helping educate their children. I spend more time looking at those that overcame poverty. We often see cases where it was parental pressure on the children to do well in school, and placed a value on educational achievement. In many cases, the ego of a parent who did not do well in school leads them to devalue educational achievement in order to feel better about themselves...