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But the question is what do you say. Do you say "it's none of your business?" The more I think about it the more it seems this is a very tough question to answer without insulting the parent who asked it, if they are a neighbor whose kids attend the public school. The fairest thing may be to say "we just really like it," because that's subjective. You get in trouble where you start saying "we like it for the smaller class sizes" (how do you know your local public's class sizes are big? those in our area aren't that big) or "we like that it is warm and welcoming (how do you know the other school isn't, etc.?).[/quote]

I also have kids in public and in private. In the summer people often ask me if I'm moving my kids to public but very few people ask why I choose private. Thing is, if people are interested in talking about it then I don't see a problem with giving an honest answer. If you don't want to hear the answer, which is likely to be that private offers something that public doesn't for your Che, the. You shouldn't ask the question. Also it's not like either choice is perfect. One of my kids is SN and no way could private do for him what public offers to him. [/quote]

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