Private school bumper stickers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I never have. When I see them on other cars, I judge them. Assume they are bragging or just tone deaf.

That's a you problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. For security reasons. I also do not mention their schools on social media until they no longer attend it. I don’t wear labels most of the time either unless I can’t avoid it.

Same here....no bumper magnets and no social media references. Some of you have no idea of how many psycho's are in this area and how utterly dangerous it is to publicize such a huge piece of information about your family's life in this way. I keep things as private as possible from to minimize the threat from predators, pedophiles, possible revenge seekers, social climbers, green-eyed monsters, disgruntled colleagues/employees, road ragers and common everyday criminals. Having a GDS/STA/Maret magnet on your car makes you exponentially easier to find.

I actually had a parent from one child's school strike up a friendship with us and start pushing playdates between our kids (who were 2 grades apart btw ) because she noticed the magnet on our car that identified our other child's school. I initially thought her interest was genuine, but as it turns out, she only wanted access to the other school community and was using us to get it. After our kids had a few playdates, she started inquiring about sporting/holiday/service events at our other child's school, and asking if she could attend some of them with us. After a while, she started asking probing questions about some of the families at the other school and thats when I realized she had ulterior motives and I stopped socializing with her.

The whole situation was so weird, but I've realized that people like her aren't the anomaly that I once thought they were, which is why I now keep a lot of things about my family/kids private.

Odd that you think your car sticker had anything to do with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. For security reasons. I also do not mention their schools on social media until they no longer attend it. I don’t wear labels most of the time either unless I can’t avoid it.

Same here....no bumper magnets and no social media references. Some of you have no idea of how many psycho's are in this area and how utterly dangerous it is to publicize such a huge piece of information about your family's life in this way. I keep things as private as possible from to minimize the threat from predators, pedophiles, possible revenge seekers, social climbers, green-eyed monsters, disgruntled colleagues/employees, road ragers and common everyday criminals. Having a GDS/STA/Maret magnet on your car makes you exponentially easier to find.

I actually had a parent from one child's school strike up a friendship with us and start pushing playdates between our kids (who were 2 grades apart btw ) because she noticed the magnet on our car that identified our other child's school. I initially thought her interest was genuine, but as it turns out, she only wanted access to the other school community and was using us to get it. After our kids had a few playdates, she started inquiring about sporting/holiday/service events at our other child's school, and asking if she could attend some of them with us. After a while, she started asking probing questions about some of the families at the other school and thats when I realized she had ulterior motives and I stopped socializing with her.

The whole situation was so weird, but I've realized that people like her aren't the anomaly that I once thought they were, which is why I now keep a lot of things about my family/kids private.

That is so DC, and so ridiculous. There are too many people here that don't want any genuine friendships for the joy of friends but always has to be networking or getting something from them. Glad you spotted it!

[Anonymous]

FFS nobody cares where your kid goes to school! Fly the flag if you want.

[Anonymous]

We put ours on inspired by a former director of a leading intelligence agency who had his massive agency commemorative plaque on the door of the powder room so as you sat there you had to stare at it. It makes me chuckle.