Upstairs Downstairs: How Children Get Raised, by Social Class

[ronburgundy]

On one hand lack of money makes it harder to survive and thrive. On the other hand lack of innate intelligence is more likely to be associated with poverty, and makes it harder to survive and thrive. Does the second point make the first point less true or accurate? I'd argue no, and so it's a red herring where this thread is concerned, unless either of the points are actually the debate in question. I'd argue though, that it's hard to deny both factors.

It isn't a red herring, because the OP pretends to present empirical evidence demonstrating the causal impact of parental income, despite the fact that the relevant data is purely correlational and just as consistent with a biological account, and confounded with many other factors.

The baseless assumption that all varying factors impacting the outcomes were causally rooted in parental income led to the claim that giving all parents a minimum income would fix the problem. Acknowledging the other factors at play, including biology, not only exposes that inference as unwarranted but allows for recognizing that such a "solution" could increase the problem or create new ones in as many instances as it minimizes it.

 

[JonA]

... such a "solution" could increase the problem or create new ones in as many instances as it minimizes it.

It's hard to see what problems could be created by poor parents having more money to raise their children.

 

[fromderinside]

driveby - their inexperience handling such?