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Question:

Children brought up in families with less money are better prepared for life than those from wealthy families.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Dealing with hardships is almost an inevitable part of adulthood. A lot of people think that children who are raised in families without much money are better equipped to deal with the problems of adult life than those who are brought up by rich parents. I strongly agree for two reasons.

The first is that unlike children born into wealth, those who grow up in families that are not wealthy face many challenges. For children, having wealthy parents usually translates into experiencing very few problems since their parents can easily solve their problems with money. Children without rich parents, on the other hand, do not have this luxury, so they have to resolve some of their problems by themselves, gaining an insight into the various issues adults grapple with as well as how to tackle them in the process. Coming from a lower middle-class family, I had to take on part-time jobs when I was a child in order to support my parents in paying for my school fees, for example.

Another point to consider is that being raised in very rich families strips children of the chance to learn that they may not get everything they want. As a result, such children find it hard to handle failure, which is a common problem of adult life. This is because they fail to build skills that help them cope with situations in which things do not go their way. Children brought up by parents who do not have much money, by contrast, are used to not getting things they desire, and consequently, they tend to deal with failure better. My nine-year old niece whose family is poor, for instance, is very good at bouncing back from difficult situations.

In conclusion, I believe that children raised in families that are not very rich are more prepared than those from wealthy backgrounds to deal with the issues of adult life. The reason is that they experience more problems and are accustomed to things not going their way.