Working-class boomer kitchens are built on saving everything “just in case.” But when their kids inherit the house, a lot of ...

Wealthy discipline can look almost too gentle from the outside. Working-class families often see it as soft. Here are eight ...

Whether you read the headlines or pay attention to the labels at the grocery store, you’re well aware that the price of just about everything has gone up recently. If you’re in the working class, ...

Working-class money habits often grow out of survival, not choice, yet they can lock people into nonstop financial anxiety.

Kids learn how to behave, speak, and interact with others from their parents — the first relationships and people they're surrounded by in their lives. However, they also tend to learn more nuanced ...

While the middle class itself may be shrinking, as a study from the Pew Research Center suggests, the habits, behaviors, and mentalities of adults who grew up in middle-class households are still ...

The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself. It’s something like a sharpened bildungsroman. The child is nudged forward by ...