saritaj14
07-01-2009, 07:20 PM
Crossing the Tracks for Love: What to Do When You and Your Partner Grew up in Different Worlds
by Ruby K. Payne
Ruby Payne is a woman who has written many books about poverty. Many school districts have had their teachers read it and you can have people come and do workshops for teachers to better understand differences in middle class lifestyles/beliefs (where most teachers come from) and people who come from poverty.
While reading another book by Ruby Payne I discovered that she also wrote the above mentioned book about spouses who come from different economic backgrounds. I certainly didn't grow up in a wealthy family but we were a middle class family and we always had our needs met. My husband,of course, grew up in extreme poverty in MX. I know there are many people on this site who are in the same situation as my husband and I~very different upbringings. This book may be of interest to you. It also talks about how there can be conflicts when people of the middle class marry someone who grew up in a high society world. I had never really thought about that conflict as well.
by Ruby K. Payne
Ruby Payne is a woman who has written many books about poverty. Many school districts have had their teachers read it and you can have people come and do workshops for teachers to better understand differences in middle class lifestyles/beliefs (where most teachers come from) and people who come from poverty.
While reading another book by Ruby Payne I discovered that she also wrote the above mentioned book about spouses who come from different economic backgrounds. I certainly didn't grow up in a wealthy family but we were a middle class family and we always had our needs met. My husband,of course, grew up in extreme poverty in MX. I know there are many people on this site who are in the same situation as my husband and I~very different upbringings. This book may be of interest to you. It also talks about how there can be conflicts when people of the middle class marry someone who grew up in a high society world. I had never really thought about that conflict as well.