Regarding socio-economic status: I have more than 2 university degrees. My dad attained the lowest higher educational attainment there is. My mom did not even finish high school. My mom and dad have all kinds of addiction issues regarding alcohol and drugs. I don't. I have more patience than both of them and am more level-headed. And I'm also pretty sure I'd be a better parent than them, since they set such a low bar that I had to be adopted and raised by my grandparents after 1 year.

Sometimes I wonder how I am a product of both my mom and my dad, because there are quite a bit of things in which I don't recognize myself in. If it was all nature, then it'd have been easier to spot and I'd also be addicted to a lot more things.

My upbringing was similar with regards to my mom (same people). But the situation was different, my grandpa didn't work much when I was around but was a workaholic during my moms time. My dad was beaten as a kid. I wasn't.

If it really is al genetics then how do you explain such a difference in socio-economic status? I think for them it's part drug abuse, a fucked up childhood and no nudge to do your best at school (in my dad's case, I don't know about my mom). I know that my dad had a propensity for learning but he never got to utilize it.

I'm pretty sure that if my dad had been in a better upbringing that he'd have fared better. I'm also pretty sure that if my momd would've been born around 1995 that she'd have fared better.