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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all very interesting.

I'm worried about my kids being exposed to rich, entitled kids who have too much money and not enough supervision and get into all the things that may be associated with that (drugs, assuming a car will be provided at age 16, never having to take a crappy job to make some extra money as a teenager, etc.)?  I work with these kids in N. Arlington.  They're not all like this.  But a decent amout of them are.  These are not the peers I want for my future teenage children.

So which is better, poor kids who have behavior issues or rich kids that act like entitled a-holes and who think the rules don't apply to them and that mommy and daddy will buy their way out of every problem or make excuses for them at every turn?

And of course, this might not be YOUR kid or how you will raise YOUR kid.  But that's the peer group.

This isn't meant to be snarky.  This is what I'm currently struggling with as an Alexandria resident with preschool age kids who is pondering a move.[/quote]

N. Arlington transplant from ACPS here. We went through this too, which is why we chose Arlington over McLean. McLean weren't really "our people." That said, you're right that many N. Arlington kids aren't "our people" either. But that's a bit easier to control than the influences of the hood.[/quote]

Thanks for responding.

I would actually have guessed that the influences of the hood are easier to control for.  We don't live near the hood in practical terms.  And in school settings, I think the kids largely self-segregate into separate peer groups, honestly.  For better or worse.

But in N. Arlingtion, I worry that my kids will be surrounded by these entitled kids who seem to suffer no consequences in life.  And they will aspire to be those kids.  Because what 16 year old doesn't think it's great to be rich and get away with whatever you want?

Tough issues.  
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