Inheriting Social Class
...pper class parents are likely to be of high social class as well. This is largely because money is an important factor. The upper class tend to be financially well off, and can afford a more expensive upper class lifestyle, better education, and travel experience for their children. In this way their children become accustomed to this lifestyle, adopt the values of their parents, and learn how to accomplish what they want. This is because their parents generally have more time to spend with their children. Children with lower or working class parents are also likely to be in the same social class that their parents were in. The children have difficulty moving above the social class of their parents. Since money is a big factor, these children have a much more diminished lifestyle, not as much education or travel experience. ...