I don't think it takes an impoverished background. Just caregivers that hammer home the notion that "no one cares what you want!"

Absolutely!!

I grew up on a dairy farm and we had very little money. My mom said at the time we qualified for food stamps but they would not accept them.

And yet I don't have the issues Mrs. NOP, DIY and others talk about. I think it is because it was just so clear that the money was not there. But they gave us everything else that they could. And my parents did not get mad at us for asking as much as you could tell how hurt they were they couldn't give us much. I always said that was probably part of why we grew up never believing in Santa Claus. because then how could you explain that we did not get much at all for Christmas!!?? Oh but don't feel sorry for my brothers and me at all because we had great and lovely Christmas's!! When I was in first grade, they found my Dad's old bike in the hay mow and painted in for me for my Christmas present. I was just happy with family, good food, a few presents and the Christmas story \:\)



But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus