Do you think a person fares better in their life if they were raise in a privledged home or in a poor home?

My life has seen it's ups and downs and I found that the things I learned when I was growing up, VERY poor, have served me well now in later life when things haven't been so good.

I think that people who grow up with a privledged background, when they hit the hard times they are the ones that really fall apart.

My parents didn't do well economicly until I was in my 20s. Married and out of the house. So I didn't get any of the benefits. They both grew up poor and once they were well to do they really didn't do much in the way of investing or saving. They had a good time with their new found affluence and once they passed away there really wasn't much left.

People who grow up rich, don't know how to be poor but people who grow up poor can seem to do both. BUT, roots in poverty teach us very valuable lessons, don't you think??