A longitudinal study of children in North Carolina found that better parental supervision of children in early adolescence was associated with higher household income of the child at age 35. Children of parents who did not engage in adequate supervision earned approximately $14,000 less per year compared to those who did. The study was published in PLOS One. ...
I didn’t have much parental supervision because we were poor. My dad wasn’t around much, my mom was always working. And I only got where I am because I got my shit together and hustled my ass off to become a programmer.
My coworkers… Not so much. One had a dad who was a computer scientist. The other was a college professor so she forced him to like it and it finally clicked. Half the team had solid families supporting them.
The rest of my family… Many of them live off of food stamps or work min-wage jobs. I’m not mad. It’s just it’s hard to parent when she was working 80 hours a week to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.