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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a lot of anxiety surrounding public vs. private because people in my neighborhood said you "couldn't" send your kids to the public schools, or you had to lottery in to a different school. I didn't have any other basis for judging our zoned schools (other than poor test scores) so I bought into this. Later I learned how test scores are really just a reflection of the SES of a school and I met people who actually had kids in the schools.

Fast forward many years and my kids are thriving in a middle school that was only this year accredited for the first time. I'm very happy we avoided private (didn't have great experiences with private preschool) and have saved the money for other things, like a second home and vacations. To be fair, my kids are self-motivated, high-achieving, and neuro-typical. If we weren't being served by public we would certainly explore private.

But man, that anxiety about not providing well enough for my kids was real. It took a lot of introspection to realize it wasn't based on anything concrete.

My 8th grader went to a dance at a private school (definitely not the top tier of privates in our area) and came home talking about all the "rich girls" who were there. I wasn't sure if I should point out that we are richer than most of those people, lol. [/quote]

So you gave your children a lesser education so you could have a second home?  You must be very proud of yourself.[/quote]

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