In a study of children
whose average age was 4 years old, those from wealthier
families were less willing than those from less-well-off
backgrounds to part with a portion of prizes they had earned so that the prizes
could be donated to fictitious sick children who were said to have been unable
to come to the lab, according to a team led by Jonas G. Miller of the University
of California, Davis. Past research has shown that wealthy parents teach their
children values of autonomy and individualism, whereas those who are less
well-off are more concerned with fostering respectfulness and obedience. The
current findings suggest that wealthy people’s consequent “culture of
self-focus” could be present even in preschool children, the researchers
say.
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