I’m Glad I Listened to My Adoptive Mom and Not the Luxury Belief Class

Poor families can't afford to cultivate entitled self-importance.

When I saw this tweet from the wealthy and talented actress Alyssa Milano, a story from my life came to mind. A story I briefly mentioned on Bari Weiss’s podcast a few months back.

After never knowing my father, being taken from my mom after she became addicted to drugs, living in seven different foster homes, and then being abandoned by my adoptive fath…