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When personal achievements require family sacrifice

I got into my dream graduate program but my mom had to clean houses to pay for my application fees and I feel sick about the sacrifice.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual success built on family hardship creates a complex mix of gratitude, guilt, and pressure to justify the investment.

Ideas that help explain it
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