Where can I find well mannered and kind children?

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Anonymous wrote:I think you ask for/require code switching and demonstrated competence in formal behavior without being so judgmental about how they are with their peers.

This. My son and his friends aren’t really sporty boys but they are still typical boys around each other. Every single one of them would still drop that in order to help anyone without being told. They hold doors for people, ask if people need help, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS8 is no angel, but it would be great to have a peer group that isn’t a “bruh skibiddy” disrespectful jerk pack. DH says I’m being unrealistic (no video games, no phones, no tablets, no motorized bikes or scooters, expecting basic table manners and respectful language, respecting adults) and that I should homeschool.

You won't even find kids like this in 100-year-old novels. Maybe you should not have had kids.

My son is like this, but he's older now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DoD schools. Honest answer

99% right. There will be a very few exceptions, which mostly will be kids with special needs.

There were a good number of "problem" kids in DC's DoD schools.

[Anonymous]

What are DoD schools?

OP, I think you need to visit a few private schools and find a strict one (not all are.)

[Anonymous]

I look for big-hearted parents. Sorry, OP, you’re not one of them.

[Anonymous]

Like befriends like, OP. If your child is attracting ill-mannered friends, then you need to take a hard look at how he is behaving when he's outside your view, and what he himself values in friends.

The kids you describe absolutely exist, and if your own child was one of them or valued those qualities in friends, you would already know who they are.

[Anonymous]

Dungeon of dragon school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I look for big-hearted parents. Sorry, OP, you’re not one of them.

You’re not either

[Anonymous]

I’m not seeing 8 yr olds like this. With phones, calling each other bruh. Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are DoD schools?

OP, I think you need to visit a few private schools and find a strict one (not all are.)

Military base schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not seeing 8 yr olds like this. With phones, calling each other bruh. Really?

I teach kindergarten and have had students call me bruh for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are DoD schools?

OP, I think you need to visit a few private schools and find a strict one (not all are.)

Dept of Defense schools. But most people are not eligible to send their kids to one so it's a dumb suggestion.

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Anonymous wrote:What are DoD schools?

OP, I think you need to visit a few private schools and find a strict one (not all are.)

Military base schools

Specifically, only on those military bases where the "DoD Educational Activity" operates the schools. Many such bases are outside the continental US. Some are in the continental US.

Students living on most military bases in the continental US (e.g., Ft Belvoir) instead attend the local public schools (e.g., FCPS).