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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as you remember that it's just luck.  The worst are parents who brag about the school that their kid is going to, like it's an accomplishment.  We totally struck out two years running, but I'm really okay with that--we're happy with the PK program at our kid's daycare, confident that she is acquiring the skills she will need in kindergarten, and see no reason to begrudge someone else their good luck at getting a spot at a school they are excited about.  Don't act like you're superior, or that you feel so sorry for your friends who didn't do so well, like their kids are screwed or something.  The nicest thing you could say to people who wanted to get into the school you got into is to express regret that your kids won't be classmates and wish them luck in the next go-round.

People here are so obsessed about schools, when the fact is, most kids of people on these boards are already ahead of the game:  they have a stable and safe home, and their parents are well-educated, read to them and talk to them, take them to libraries and museums, and value their education.  Unless their school is unsafe or truly failing, they will be fine.  People are freaking out about things on the margin.

Yes, I want my kid to get an excellent education, but I don't think that means she has to go to the perfect or "best" school.  [/quote]

This seems like excellent advice.  I am a lottery "winner" and do sometimes not know how to talk with people who feel they "lost."[/quote]

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