The Poor Waste More Time On Digital Entertainment

New submitter polyphydont writes "Children of parents with low social status are less able to resist the temptations of technological entertainment, a fact that impedes their education and adds to the obstacles such children face in obtaining financial comfort later in life. As explained in the article, poor parents and their children often waste both their time and money on heavily marketed entertainment systems. Such families often accumulate PCs, gaming consoles and smart phones, but use them only for nonconstructive activities."

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In other words...

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In other words, those that are more likely to achieve their financial goals are better at time management. But we're not supposed to say unflattering things about the poor, or say flattering things about those that aren't.

It can't be that those in the lower financial class are bad with time management, but that electronic devices are evil.