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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is sort of merging with the suicide thread.  
First, whatever your kid puts out on the Internet, they will learn, both good and bad, what that entails.  Pictures of a kid drinking,smoking, fake ID usage, etc = goodbye scholarships, goodbye possible govt security work, and having any job possibly taken away.  Kids are kids, and they make mistakes. Parents need to be parents.

Next, what occurred at Langley isn't a function or by-product of wealth, higher society status, etc. As for poster 10:14, you went to a "white" school. I wonder how you define that? What about privileged? So, you took your kids to a more "diverse" school.  Yet, your own words imply that wealth and economic success results in parent apathy, zero supervision, etc.  So, will you ban your kids from getting college degrees? Because there is a very high correlation between education and economic success. Or will they just be compassionate enough to not become arrogrant, because of the way you taught them?  Nice social engineering. [/quote]

Chevy Chase, Yorktown, Langley---all had recent incidents of parents acted badly in press.  Parents getting angry, kids throwing beer cans at Police Officers at house parties, a general class attitude that they are above the law and their shit doesn't stink.  The access to designer drugs and the $ to get them is a problem--not just in this area...cousin had it bad at Greenwich HS in Connecticut.  We saw it play out sadly at UVA.  There is an acceptable level of poor behavior and a blind eye turned to drinking, violence, bullying, etc. "These are good kids".

My co-worker said he never saw more drugs than when he was at GDS.  Of course--same can be said for very poor, inner city schools.

We have a high level of 'those type of parents' in our wealthy neighborhood, thankfully-not all.  However, this group is not a 99% majority as it is at many of the homogenous schools people rave about.  The kind that turn a blind eye and it's always somebody elses fault.  The unlimited access to social media/internet/video games..and gifting it at a very young age without appropriate checks because 'why? my kids aren't like those other kids.  we come from $, culture'.  It is very much an entitlement problem.  Being around kids that are trying to get ahead and thankful for what little they have has had a big impact on my kids in a positive manner.  You can shit it on it all you want and call it 'social engineering'--but that is the same kind of attitude I saw at my HS.  [/quote]

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