There are also people who come from fairly awful backgrounds and still manage to forge successful lives for themselves. How? They make different choices than th

There are also people who come from fairly awful backgrounds and still manage to forge successful lives for themselves. How? They make different choices than the people who never manage to escape the circumstances of their birth. >basic nurturing needed to become an independent adult in today's world I'm not sure what you mean here. The people I've met from poorer backgrounds are some of the most independent people I know. Adversity breeds self-reliance.