Do you think kids with richer parents and smarter parents have a better advantage in school?And by how much?

some kids have an advantage but like you say, they don’t always accept what’s handed to them or want what’s offered. However parents do work educate themselves and work hard to bring in the money to support their children no matter what work level those parents are.

Children in poverty, who are immigrants or children of immigrants or who are a different race, nationality, religion of their counterparts do have it rough, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t get the same education or the same jobs or career as the others. There is help out there but some just don’t know how to find what they need.

I go to a private school in Orlando and I’m not quite sure that my opinions or experiences will count, since I am surrounded by kids with rich parents. Yes, sadly, there have been examples of my friends or peers getting all the nice cars and all of that and than come graduation time they barely made it, and barely have chances for college. It just makes me mad to see so much opportunity with all that money and they waste it on drugs and stuff. And then there are the kids who will never work in their life because they are going to inherit the family business.

I can’t really comment on the kids with smarter parents, but I guess one would assume that the parent would be more focused on schoolwork and getting good grades and stuff. Still, even that child might be the type who never has to study for a test and knows the answers. They will get a shock in college.

Social status, or parent intellect has little, if anything to do with how well their children will do in school.

A parents dedication to education, and their willingness to help, support, and encourage their children is key, as well as how well the child is applying him/her self.

I believe that we do the many students that have non-English speaking parents, or those who come from lower income families a great disservice by saying they are disadvantaged because of a lesser economic status.

The only thing preventing an able bodied, and able minded person from not advancing themselves through education would be if they made the choice not too.

Within smaller schools, like my own I experience or witness the same things. I do believe that if you have “rich” or “smart” parents, then teachers automatically like you because naturally you will most likely be like your parents, but for the kids who don’t have the “rich” or “smart’ parents, they have to try a lot harder and I think it serves as sort of a motivational thing. They want to prove their teachers wrong and show them that they are good students even though their parents haven’t been named “rich” or “smart” by the society. I think this is a great question and I hope my answered helped, but as far as in bigger sized schools, it doesn’t really matter what “type” of parents you have because in big schools, teachers don’t know your parents like they do within smaller towns, so in a big school, you are just a random I.D. number.

I have noticed that while I was in high school. I believe it’s because they have high confidence. The reason they have high confidence is because they have successful parents. Your parents are what you model after. If you see your parents being successful, chances are you will be very successful. If your parents are poor, struggling to keep up with basic necessities, etc… this will lead to lower self confidence, anger, depression thus leading to conflict trying to focus in school. Basically rich kids have no worry.

Well, I really don’t think parents’ richness or smartness really matters in a child’s education. After all, parents aren’t entirely sure about what is going on the classroom, and therefore, can’t help their child 100%, or as much as their teachers can. My parents are smart, but I always go to my teachers for help, which seems to get me really good grades. I can easily go to my parents, but I don’t think I need to, when I can easily ask my teacher or another student for help.

I think that children of richer parents are have access to items to help them with their schoolwork; however, parental intelligence does not always mean intelligent children and vice versa. I think that parents have to be dedicated to making sure their children are actively learning, not just to pass in school, but for knowledge itself. Children who are held at a higher standard by their parents work harder. Parents who check their child’s backpack, attend parent-teacher conferences, “educate” their children at home, and encourage them to read or read to them gives the child a chance to take ownership of their learning.

Typically, rich and smart parents do a good job raising their kids to be rich and smart too. It gives them a definite advantage.

However, you should commit yourself to working hard in school and in life. Then, you can be the rich, smart parent and give your kids the advantages you didn’t. 🙂

I personally dont think that kids with richer parents do better in school. Kids who try harder do better in school. I do also think that kids what have a better home life tend to do better in school because they have there parents encouraging them to do well.

personally i don’t there is a difference… maybe the richer and smarter kids have better resources than others… but other than that plain ol working hard in school is surely the only way to achieve one’s goals