[Clock King]

George W. Bush didn't grow up at Greenwich Country Day with a car and a driver dropping him off, as his father had. Until he went off to boarding school, he thought he was like everyone else. That's a gift, to think you're just like everyone else in America. It can be the making of you.

Obviously, she knows little about children. ALL children think the rest of the world live like they do: whether rich, middle-class, or poor. They learn otherwise as they get older. Character is what is important, and being taught to be a full and caring human being crosses all economic lines. There are any number of people who grew up wealthy who were taught to be full human beings by their parents (you just don't hear about them very often), and any number of people who grew up poor who have NO character (any gang members and drug dealers).

[CyberAnt]

One of the life's incidents which I believed changed GW forever was the loss of his little sister. He believed it was his job to make his mother laugh again. I believe this helped him to polish his comedian skills. Also .. at such a young age, he learned to think of someone else besides himself. It's one of the keys to character.