The Ledger · 2026

financial trauma

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The Financial Trauma of Childhood Poverty

The relationship between growing up poor and one’s spending habits as an adult can actually vary quite a bit. Growing up in poverty creates trauma which will affect lifelong behaviors and attitudes around money. …

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