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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This must be a private.

Go to public school.  Everyone works and all the play dates are drop offs.   There is of course some friendly chatting and pick up and drop off but that's it.  Everyone is busy.[/quote]
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I've never even heard about that[/quote]

My kids are in private school and I've never heard of it. I'm almost certain OP is a troll. She used a lot of buzz words and this whole thing seems completely fabricated. [/quote]

I have 3 kids and over the years have had kids in both public and private.

There is a subset of parents who have not accomplished much themselves but are the children or grandchildren of someone relatively famous or rich. I thought it was odd for grown adults to speak of their parents or grandparents frequently but it is definitely a thing. It is sad in my opinion and nothing to strive to be a part of.

My friend married into this type of family. My friend comes from an UMC family, attended Ivy college and grad schools and married a man whose grandparents were supposedly extremely wealthy. The husband works for the family and received $100k salary. My friend had to work for any extras. His mom controlled any and all finances so would pay for private school, tutors, nannies and anything the mom deemed worthy while my friend and her husband had incomes that put them on the lower end of DC. They would never have been able to afford private school tuition on their own.

We have a seven figure income, have a beach house, live in the right neighborhood, drop 50k on spring break so we fit in but nothing special. No one excludes us. I guess my kids were always included but I never clicked with these moms and probably never will.[/quote]

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