My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.
I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.
Everyone loved my father. He was so nice that people took advantage of him. We were lower middle class. I slept in the hallway on a cot that rolled away during the day, and my younger brother and sister slept in my parents' room. My goal as a kid was to someday have my own room and to own a car - and I wanted to be able to take care of my parents.
I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
While I didn't have a father around, I did have - and what I want my children to both experience - the ability to explore, experiment and enjoy life as a kid.
I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously.
Both my parents are first-generation success stories.
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.
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