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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I told my DD (this is for K so if you're talking HS, this is probably less helpful) that there were not enough spaces for the school(s) to accept everyone and if she doesn't get admitted, it has NOTHING to do with her and everything to do with the space -- literally not enough desks and chairs.  I have stressed this.  I think it's true for older kids too--don't make it about them but about the limitations the school has.[/quote]

Why in the world would you even discuss this with a kindergartener? You are making this way too much about you and your preferences, and projecting that onto her.[/quote]

4 y.o.:  Mommy, why did we visit all those different schools?

Me:  Why, just to see what kind of toys they had!  Did YOU like the blocks as much as I?
Me:  Just because, Cooper.  
Me:  Um ...
Me:  Well, maybe you might possibly go to school at one of them next year.  You know, preschool IS ending in 2 months.

[a few months go by]
4 y.o.:  Mommy,  am I going to go to school at one of those schools where I played that one time?

Me:  No.
Me:  No you are going to a different school a couple of blocks from here, the one where Carson goes.

4 y.o.:   Why did you take me to all those other schools to play, then?

Me:  Lie #1
Me:  Lie #2
Me:  Oh just because.
Me:  Um.

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Always include your public back up in your talking- we are looking at schools, and learning about them (including your public, dont' distinguish) later this spring daddy and I (or whoever you are) are going to talk and think about what we think will be best for the family.......  all odne- there is no worry.  you took him to play b/c it was a way to learn about them, [/quote]

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