Growing up in a financially strained household, I learned the importance of prioritizing needs over wants, often foregoing personal desires for family survival.
My parents, both Soviet émigrés, worked tirelessly, pooling all their earnings for the family, leading to a perspective where self-care felt like selfishness.
#childhood-poverty #family-dynamics #financial-awareness #self-sacrifice #cultural-immigrant-experience
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