TikTokker reveals what it was like to grow up the child of lottery winners: Life was very different

Aussie man Jayden Clark has done a fascinating “story time” on what it was like ‘growing up after winning the lottery’.We often hear about former winners who’ve squandered it all, or have lost their friends, but it’s rare to hear how exactly they talk to their kids about the news, and how it impacts their childhoods and futures.Clark explains what it was like for him, being from a “small town” like Adelaide – and it’s eye-opening.“Today I’m going to do a story time on how we won the lottery.I had obvious reasons to never speak about this, because growing up, whenever anyone did know about it, they definitely had crazy perceptions of us immediately,” Clark begins in his now-viral TikTok.He continues, “I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, with a sister, older brother, and mum and dad.

Very normal, and definitely more of the lower class income [bracket].”Clark describes the family as living “paycheck to paycheck” and even sometimes struggling to keep their home.Their fortunes changed when Jayden’s dad, who he calls “a bit of a gambler”, bought a Lotto ticket using the same numbers that he always did.“Overnight, we went from pretty decently poor to multi-millionaires.“Life changed from there.

Growing up, I was so young, I had no understanding of the lottery or money… and how unique it was to happen to us.“It wasn’t until years later that it made more sense to me why life was very different.”Clark shares an hilarious anecdote about his mom announcing a “huge surprise” on the way home from school one day, and he and his sister thinking she was pregnant.Not quite.“Mom and dad took us three kids into a room and literally just showed us a gigantic check.”Although he didn’t realize the extent to which such a large sum would change their lives, Clark does recall his parents initially being “paranoid” about their privacy, in terms of their children’s safety.They also had “two weeks off school to plan ...