Ppl who grew up with families, and decent schools and in church and a range of other guiding and positive influences are comparing their outcomes to ppl who grew up with none of that?
Yes, you know all the gun lyrics, but u also grew up in a home where your parent(s) made a big show about u going back to preschool and returning the pencil that they didn't send you to school with
You grew up in homes where academic output was stressed, and plenty effort was put into you learning and progressing
Sex education mighta been limited, but u grew up in homes where having kids too early was frowned upon, so u made the effort to not get knocked up or knock someone up
Certain things might not have had an influence on the singular you, as there were other counterbalancing forces in your life, but in environments where these forces aren't present, why wouldn't the negative influences result in a negative outcome?
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