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[quote=Anonymous]I think the most important influence on kids and their view of the program is their parents.  Some people commenting here will say, oh my kids hear XYZ from other kids - and I think that's a teaching moment to explain that some people think that, but that's not what we believe in this family for XYZ reasons.
 
I tell my kid in AAP that this doesn't mean he is smarter than anyone else, that he can learn something from everyone he meets, that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and that we thought this program was a good fit for him, and that the most important things are to work hard and be kind.
 
I have younger kids who are too young for AAP now, and who knows whether they'll get in so I certainly don't want them to think any less of themselves if they don't, so we really talk about it by "fit" (in the rare instances that we talk about it at all).  I suppose it may be easier for me to have the conversation about fit because my kid in AAP is 2E with ADHD and in my experience our AAP center has more experience working with 2E kids than our base school. [/quote]

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