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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone has touched on a lot of the aspects. For me, (and you can take this as a positive or a negative, it’s both) it was easier to “hover” more and become a helicopter parent. With all of the additional involvement in private schools, it’s very tempted to over insert yourself. I have to take a step back sometimes. 
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Interestingly, I have found the exact opposite. In public school, my retiring child needed some pushing occasionally and that was me. No one else was going to do it. In private, her teachers and adviser have said (and demonstrated) that they're there to help the kids find their own voice and start to use it. I'm having to hold back because I was so used to being a part of everything, but it's great to send an email to my child's adviser about an issue, have the adviser respond back that my child had already brought up the issue and they were taking care of it, and my child would let me know what was going on.

While I suppose I could hover as much as I did in public, there are definite barriers in my way - e.g. the adviser not leaving my child out of the process. And definite encouragements - e.g. when I state a concern, I'm told it's already being handled. It's been fantastic for my child.[/quote]

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