I don’t know how to answer this. My family wasn’t super powerful or wealthy but. They were conservative. Idiots. That used their children for labor. In order to make money. We model close. Slave doing farm work. And worked in their sweatshops. Then my parents got divorced. And after the second divorce, my mom had to go to work. I delivered papers to half the town. In order to raise the money to make the payment on the house and the bills. Why she went college to become a school teacher. This went on for 3 and a 1/2 years. Then she remarried a poor man. And I took out all my own. I lived from crash cam to jobs. I got a job with my biological dad. In Tucson, Arizona. I’ve had life both ways. And the abuse both ways.
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Kids don’t have jobs 
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Yea I feel ya on that lol I was pretty poor as well. We were always provided for don’t get me wrong but I certainly didn’t have all the fancy stuff growing up… I.e. the iPhone, parents buying you a car, had to skip some school trips etc. byt i aleays had the basics so i cant compain.
There’s starving people so I’m fortunate
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I grew up with little money but plenty of love and support. I owe my parents plenty and still continue to help out with looking out for the old man. Have for over a decade now but they helped fund an overseas adventure so feel obligated to continue to do the right thing.
Love my family. We were poor but well adjusted I would say!
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I guess I was fortunate, I grew up in a middle class family with a good mom and dad.
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I am in a middle class, always were.
But I had tons of other difficulties in my family.
My brother is drug addict. He in someway destroyed my life, too.
My father was abusive when he overused alcohol.
My mother is certainly the best in my family, though we had lots of relationship problems.
Overall, I never were poor financially, but mentally I truly lacked happiness and feeling calm.
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We started off with nothing
My mother worked hard and got a good job
This allowed us to move up the social mobility ladder
I’d say they’re a pretty well off now
I earn an average salary and get by ok
Not sure many people can do what my mother did as you need qualifications now just to pick your nose
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I don’t know, if it’s poor, I had to work for my pocket money delivering tv, fashion and tabloid magazine since I was 14 years old and got an apprenticeship with 17 years. During the apprenticeship I had a second little job as well. With 19 year I had my first hospitalisation.
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Not poor , not rich either. Dad was partially signed legally blind … but he worked … he also was an admin
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When I was young, I was really poor.
But now, after years and years of hard work…
I am no longer young.
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My parents were middle class, which was okay. The worst part of my childhood was that my dad was a severe alcoholic.
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I was raised until six years old by both sets of grandparents off and on each different week. I was spoiled. lots of adoring love. happy childhood…still got to see my parents but my grandparents of course praised me while my mom and dad were stern. ha anyways…after six years old dad was a pharmacist…we were middle class for a while…when dad cheated on my mom and then got back together I was rebellious and we were very poor putting my dad through med school…once he became a doctor was the year I moved out at 18. aside from some success in architecture for a while before being ill with sz, I’ve been poor ever since…it’s life…I like my life…I wish it were different…but I love my life.
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Grew up very religious
Poor but loved
Dad had severe depression and couldn’t work until i was about 12 years old. Mum was very strict and heavy handed with me.
Everything was cheap and second hand clothes etc
You get the picture
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Spot me $29 lucky baby ducky 
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I was raised only by my mum since i didnt know who my dad was until i met him in my mid 20’s. She provided what i needed like food, roof and toys and all that as a kid. But never had any kind of excess. So i wouldn’t say i was poor as a kid. But i moved out at 16 and into a caravan park alone. From then on, until now, ive lived in a bit of poverty. Been on unemployment payments most of that time. Except for brief jobs that i keep for a matter or weeks or months until quitting. Im 30 now and still in the same cycle. But it could be a lot worse. I have a unit im renting with my gf. Pretty stable mentally. Got tons of books and an xbox and decent clothes. Its pretty good. But im no stranger to skipping meals and being completely broke every couple weeks.
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Damn that’s just sad 
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I think we were poor. I remember a lot of hamburger helper meals and government cheese. My dad sang in restaurants and bars to put himself through college and got a job teaching HVAC to high school students.
I remember when I was in elementary school we had to wear the cheapest clothes from Heck’s Department Store. It was embarrassing.
I remember once in elementary school I had to wear dirty underwear to school because my dad didn’t was any and a classmate whispered to a kid “She stinks.” I heard it and I was humiliated. That only happened once though.
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Helo. I grew up poor
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I come from the middle of the middle class. Ya team!!!
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