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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current SSSAS parent. Haven't experienced any belle haven mommy mafia! we turned down that area to live in Rosemont.  We are pretty well off financially and I SAH but we don't discuss it (except anonymously, thanks Jeff) or flash it, just isn't us.  Neither is a country club setting.  I'd say half of the kids belong to belle haven, the other to ANCC, both which in my opinion have had serious money management issues, I wouldn't be putting down a considerable deposit to join anytime soon.  I have noticed a bunch of tennis skirt wearing moms at drop off and pick up, but it doesn't bother me.  No one has made me feel ostracized or my child for it.  BTW I don't place my child in a school based on how it will affect my social life.  Just something to consider[/quote]

It's not a question of social life. It's a question of basic courtesy, which the Belle Haven moms fail to teach to their children, who like to ask questions like "how big is your house?" of other children. It's quite pronounced, and it's quite ugly.  They are raising their children to think that they are better than others.

We left SSSAS. [b]Had nothing to do with us[/b], but with the messages our kids were getting. The administration also fails to act in the face of some blatant bullying.[/quote]
Might want to look in a mirror some time.  Also, children asking questions like that happens no matter where you are in school, including publics.  I think your head is pretty far in the sand.[/quote]

Your bolded post and attempted insult make no sense, but I get that you feel threatened. It's okay, Belle Haven mom. I had actually disguised the "how big is your house" question somewhat to protect the guilty. It's funny that you think kids in public schools ask "how many square feet is your house," which was the exact question posed by one particularly rude middl schooler. And that's just one small example of the snobbery passed down to some of those kids. You think children don't learn those things from listening to their parents?

I don't need to "look in a mirror" to know that I don't want my children to judge others by their personal possessions. I don't need to "look in a mirror" to know that I consistently discourage such discourteous behavior in my children. [/quote]

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