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[quote=Anonymous]I think the thing that the "entitled gentrifiers" seem to have a hard time understanding is that there are differences between their enlightened, organic-only, no-screen-time-or-added-sugar parenting style and the parenting styles of other people in the world, not to mention the school their kids are attending. I understand where they're coming from, as I'm with them on some issues, but at the end of the day, I don't think that Trix yogurt every once in a while at school (which, even if it happens once a month, is still hardly eating poison all the time) or 45 minutes of TV on a Friday afternoon in aftercare are that big of a deal. I understand that these things are off-putting to potential new gentrifier parents, but complaining about them in a way that sends the message "the way you are raising your kids is irresponsible and wrong" to parents who don't think it's the end of the world is off-putting as well. The 45 minute TV block doesn't mean that the aftercare teachers aren't interacting with the kids. My child comes home talking about the books they read at aftercare a lot more often than she tells me about the shows they watch on Fridays. They have specials, they have outside time, they have books, they have snacks. I am all for a well rounded, enriching aftercare experience and that's what she's getting, even with the tiny TV block at the end of the week.

One thing that the former principal of my EOTP school said last year when asked about parent engagement was that parent engagement doesn't always look the same to everyone. Some parents may be comfortable volunteering in their kid's classroom. Some parents may be comfortable donating money or running a fundraiser. Some parents may be more comfortable bringing food to events. She was off track about a lot of other things and was not very receptive to parent involvement overall, but she wasn't wrong about this.

And PP, stop saying that sugared yogurt is "poison." It's not poison. It's not healthy, and personally I'd love it if it wasn't on the menu, but I'm not going to make a cabinet crisis out of it and calling it poison just makes you sound hysterical.[/quote]

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