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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just my 2 cents. But I think it's much better for kids to be raised in less stressful environments.[/quote]

+1, it really only take a little perspective to recognize that it's just not a healthy environment for kids and also sets them up for a lifetime of striving to stay in that bubble and keep their kids in that bubble. On top of kind of ruining their childhood by convincing them that they always need to be the best and competing for the best.

That, to me, is actually the worst thing about these bubbles. Not that they keep other people out but that they convince people inside them that they are doing a good thing when even just a little bit of exposure to another approach would demonstrate what was wrong with it. You see it in these communities when someone does actually make another choice or choose to leave -- people are often highly critical, roll their eyes at it, reject these families socially. Because the idea that a parent might choose to put their kids in less competitive environments, on purpose for their well-being, is anathema to their entire approach so it can't just be viewed as "live and let live" -- it must be ridiculed and rejected as a threat. That's what happens in a hyper competitive bubble where there is only one goal and you must fight for it.[/quote]

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