Sentence examples for difficult upbringings from inspiring English sources

Few young people with potential escape difficult upbringings.

Both were born and raised in Accra, Ghana, and overcame difficult upbringings before finding success in Britain.

I do the same with my mother and father in that book, both members of the Socialist Workers Party, and both children of difficult upbringings.

I have friends who have overcome difficult upbringings to gain good degrees, only to find themselves worrying that a minor incident from years ago could still hold them back.

Part of Ms. Baszile's unhappiness came from the fact that her parents — particularly her father, who suffered under Jim Crow — did not want to hear her complain; they had both had far more difficult upbringings.

But we should never define individuals by their worst moments He also pointed out that many prisoners have had difficult upbringings, adding, in another departure from standard Conservative rhetoric, that "the best criminal justice policies are good welfare, social work and child protection policies".

Hamm had a difficult upbringing.

He had a difficult upbringing.

Livingstone describes with endearing sensitivity his difficult upbringing.

"I had a very difficult upbringing," he explains.

Had a difficult upbringing and was at one stage sleeping rough in Tehran.