Can children from broken homes be truly successful?

Question

Can children from broken homes be truly successful?

Answer 1

I think that that is up to how the child/children decide to run their lives after they become adults...like what kind of support system they have(if they don't have one, try to get one), how bad thier childhood was, how badly they were affected by it...the kind of help they seek. Really, I don't know that there is a definitive answer to this. But I think that everyone can be successful no matter what walk of life they come from....

Answer 2

Of course, I'm one of them, and I know tons more people who are plenty successful.

Sometimes people that come from unfortunate family backgrounds have even more motivation to become more sucessful because of their disadvantage while growing up. It becomes a huge desire to become something more than their parents, and try to correct the wrongs they encountered when they were younger. And for others, they are doomed to follow in the same path their parents did because it had an influence on their life in some way.

It really depends on the individual I guess.

Answer 3

Of course they can, why not?

Answer 4

It is very possible my best friend is from a broken family and she is one of the smartest most goal oriented person i know!

Answer 5

Of course they can.

I’m from a broken home (from the age of 7 to 40 I didn’t see or hear from my father—and at 40 when he contacted me, I told him to stay away).  I then obtained an alcoholic, abusive step-father.  I’m also the oldest of 7 kids, which meant huge responsibilities at a very young age.  We were dirt-poor (no child support from my father) and often went without the basic necessities of life (no electricity and/or running water for weeks at a time because it got turned off, not enough food to feed everyone, etc).

I have a Master’s degree (I attended school full time and worked full time to get it), and I’ve been happily married for the last 20 years (first marriage).

On the other hand, my 6 younger brothers and sisters didn’t fare as well, because they made some very poor decisions along the way (pregnancies at an early age, 5 of them didn’t even finish high school, 2 are married to abusive men, 1 is a drug addict, etc, etc.)

What your life becomes depends entirely on YOU.  Make the right decisions.

Answer 6

of course they can.  as long as the child can believe in themselves and are able to discipline themselves to try hard for what they want.  everyone has a chance to be successful.  it just depends on if they really try.