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[quote=Anonymous]I’m going to qualify this with the fact I’m Canadian, and I really don’t think we have the same kind of deep, polarizing or polarized views of the left and right as seem to plague the US. We’ve certainly experienced more in the post-Trump convoy era, but I still don’t think that disparity between left and right (save for extremes on both sides) runs as deep here.

So, I’m going to ask : do you think your neighbours haven’t figured out you’re a two female head household? Your kids play, it’s all pleasant, and you’re going to get all undone by a magnet about a school?

We got new neighbours about a year ago. They’re recent immigrants, but they are very devout Christians as far as we can see. Walk into their house, and find bibles everywhere. They send their child to a private Christian school at great expense and time.

Our children are the same age and play beautifully together. We’ve spent many wonderful nights in our backyards sharing food, time, chatter, and watching the kids play.

They send their child to that school because they believe he should learn morals at school. I mean, you could learn them at home, but that’s not for me to say.

We’ve met many of their friends through birthday parties and events, and most of them are not what I would expect. These are not parents looking for some kind of militant Cristian experience. They want the small classes, “village” mindset, community, and say in the school experience.

So, OP, I think you need to tuck your biases away, or at least acknowledge them, because they work both ways. I don’t know any parents, anywhere, that don’t want the best for their children. It could be that their child will do better in a small, contained environment and this was the only or best option available to them.

Mostly, if you want to change the world, stop “othering” people for making choices that you might now make. [/quote]

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