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[quote=Anonymous]It's really hard to do at a school-wide level even with the best luck and logistics. There are probably schools with economic diversity that have successfully built a sense of community. You'd have to research those schools and see what you can glean from their experience.

As for personally ensuring your children do not attach negative connotations to others who may have less means, that takes a lot of discussion. If they are young enough, you take your kids to playgrounds in other neighborhoods. If they are older, you encourage them to play pick-up basketball at the local rec center or join an extracurricular activity that draws participants from across the socioeconomic spectrum (4-H, basketball, track & field).

And if you are serious about making sure your kids make friends with those of other socioeconomic backgrounds, when you go to the playground, make sure you observe how to not stick out like a sore thumb (make sure your kids are wearing similar clothes, do not bring extra toys, don't carry a reusable water bottle, tell your kids in advance not to talk about any of these things with other kids (how much screen time they get, what their parents do for a living, that they live in a house, that the family has two cars, that you just went to France for a family vacation, you get the idea).[/quote]

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