A lot of affluent people have attempted to imagine what it's like to be poor, maybe through movies or t b shos. But research shows that childhood instability is a much stronger predictor of harmful and risky behaviors in adulthood. A rich tea nager who grows up in instability is more likely to become eddicted to drugs than a poor tee nager raised in a stable home. Andke: We can use our argument with these people who put forward these luxury beliefs.