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HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
My parents and teachers would always talk to me about the less fortunate and made me sensitized about many social issues. The earliest I can remember was when my grandma would say that some child could live for a week off the amount of food I'd refuse to eat. Of course she did that to scold me about not eating enough and I disagree on that method, but it did make me think how much better I have it than many.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
My parents reminded us every time we acted like brats. One of us complained about a Christmas gift? They'd make the ingrate among us donate everything received that year and we all had to go volunteer at a shelter or a kitchen.

Happened a few times I can remember but the one that sticks out was when my brother had to donate the PS2 he got because he complained about not getting a specific game with it.
RedFlower · F
my step dad is fucking rich... is my mom a golddigger ?
Nanori · F
When I realized not being sold into prostitution by parents was a privilege in the area I lived at that time.
SW-User
I didnt
Abusive alcoholic dad led to a single parent family. Working from 11 to help my mum pay bills
bearinthehalfwayhouse · 26-30, M
When I got called a [i]spic[/i] for being part Portuguese... Woo. ┬┴┬┴┤•ᴥ •ʔ/
thepreposterouspanda · 31-35, M
@bearinthehalfwayhouse My grandfather said that word casually one day, and my mom scolded him. His response? "What?! That's what they call themselves!" ...he had a pretty serious degenerative brain disease, which isn't a funny thing at all, but it had it's head-shaking moments to be sure.
SW-User
When my parents went bankrupt and everything started changing.
thepreposterouspanda · 31-35, M
I know too well how cushy it was in comparison to much of the world. I guess the first move we made? I was 9 and my parents moved us to Minnesota so they could attend missionary college, and we lived on the campus and everything. It was international, so we met a lot of people from a lot of places and also got a much broader perspective on the way the world was and remains.
ArtieKat · M
When I moved from a Church of England primary school with 48 pupils in a class to a small prep school with less than 20 in each class and only about 96 in the whole school
Adamski24 · 41-45, M
When i saw how hard other kids had it in school, when going to their houses as Well as the government paying for their school lunches.
When I realized that poverty is a blessing in disguise
InkBot · 36-40, M
When I visited a friend's house for a couple of days.
Fairydust · F
When I see how damaged people are.
CynicGirl · 26-30, F
my parents were rich... but assholes
LAlexV · M
Yeah... never.

 
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