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[quote]Exactly. The high income folks hire cleaners, etc. so they can spend non-work hours with their children. Poor working parents can’t do that. [b]I think mentorship by the well off kids is a great idea[/b], although they should be a year or two older. A “big brother/sister” from the same grade might be a bit, ummm, awkward.[/quote]

not so sure about your statement

There are plenty of two-income HH where parents spend time with their kids. I certainly don't hire cleaners.  We cook, clean, and care for our kids - and we both work FT.

Yes, very poor families struggle. That's a given. But I don't agree that wealthy kids should be mentors for those who struggle.  In my experiences, empathy is lacking, and simply assigning a wealthy kid to a poor child isn't a way to develop empathy.

Wealthy parents have a cushion that will always act as a barrier - a protective shield that  will only allow them to help so much.  Poor children are not "projects" for wealthy kids.

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Then don’t treat high performing kids as little pieces of resources you can shuffle around to sit a classroom next to low performing kids to inspire them to work hard in school and call it “a diversity initiative.” Low performers aren’t low performers because of a lack of diversity, they are low performers because they don’t work hard in school. It’s as simple as that.[/quote]

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