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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids, 13 and 11, start school tomorrow. They register absolutely zero excitement. Is this normal now?

I remember being all about my school supplies—organizing them, being jazzed about my sweet colored pencil set or whatever, planning out what I was going to wear. I talked to friends on the phone about who had which teachers, who got assigned to which lunch, etc. All that silly stuff. But it was always a fun time of year and on balance a good memory.

DCs have NONE of this. No interest in like, getting a haircut or a new shirt or anything.

Totally fine with me, and maybe it’s for the best. I just can’t tell if it’s my two kids who are like this, or is it everyone?

Id guess it’s in part because kids now can get pretty much anything they want in 12 hours from Amazon? Going back to school isn’t a big deal when they play Fortnite with their friends all summer? [/quote]

Are they in public?  Mine are in private and over the moon excited about returning.  I was the same way growing up - attended public and private and was always excited about everything regarding the first day of school.[/quote]

LOL, yeah, that’s the salient detail here. Public v private.  :roll:

As it happens we (OP) have one in private and one in public. I myself went to public ES and MS then one of the best privates in the country. Not relevant.

That giddiness about first day of school and seeing friends again and having fresh markers and a new pair of sneakers? that’s all from my lowly public school era.

Keep clinging to that fig leaf of superiority though. It’s doing wonders for you. 
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I actually think it may be semi-relevant, in that kids who go to public school typically live in the same neighborhood or near to many of their school friends.  I went to private school growing up, and I seldom saw most of my friends over the summer, so I was really excited to see them when school started.  
My kids, though, go to our local public.  Most of their friends live near us, so they spent the summer going to the pool with friends, biking through the neighborhood with friends, etc.  So they aren't excited to re-connect with school friends - in fact they'll see the same kids this week as they did last week, only it won't be doing the fun stuff they did all summer.
So... yeah... my public school kids are less excited to start school than I was as a private school kid, and I totally get that. [/quote]

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