Education and Class

• The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little money – The Washington Post

  $4000 per capita increase in income has a powerful effect on the well-being of young children.

  “Not only did the extra income appear to lower the instance of behavioral and emotional disorders among the children, but, perhaps even more important, it also boosted two key personality traits that tend to go hand in hand with long-term positive life outcomes.”

  tags: 522 socialclass

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