Also consider that they were taught that financial success is contradictory to having a family.
The reality is that a family is an investment, and starting or building onto a family is the most profitable way to make money. It's actually the primary reason poor people have kids. Kids can actually make more money than they are worth. The issue is that all of the cultural, political, and economic systems are attempting to make the upfront investment costs of children exceptionally high from a material frame.
How would a family farm even run if kids couldn't work until they were 18?
Also consider that they were taught that financial success is contradictory to having a family.
The reality is that a family is an investment, and starting or building onto a family is the most profitable way to make money. It's actually the primary reason poor people have kids. Kids can actually make more money than they are worth. The issue is that all of the cultural, political, and economic systems are attempting to make the upfront investment costs of children exceptionally high from a material frame.
How would a family farm even run if kids couldn't work until they were 18?