Yes, they can, but I believe it less likely, as it is less necessary.

@wordywalt I don't believe that poverty and struggles teach you better values. Lower middle class, middle class and some affluent class children have a higher chance of making stable and able human beings because with less adversities, they have a greater chance of raising children with great values, good parenting, yearly education and environment. I personally think that poverty and struggles often can break you and very few can get up and survive out of the struggles. The early age diversities are a stronger enemy than we think.

@St-Sinner Please read my words more carefully and non-judgmentally. You objection has nothing to domy point. Poverty can, and often break many families and people. My point was that in functional families in or near poverty do often meet those circumstances in a manner which teaches much of value to their children. It is the circumstance which demands a productive response to produce growth. Yes, struggles break some people. But, they also make good and great people.

@wordywalt

I came from poverty but have never heard and now understand what a 'functional poverty' is.

The only poverties I heard of are poverty, high poverty, dire poverty or starving to death. Did not know if there is a productive poverty or functional poverty.

@St-Sinner Sorry, I mistyped what wanted to say. See the edited correction.

@wordywalt Ah.. I see. Thank you.