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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What difference does it make?  They are doing what is best for their child -- education is individualized and perhaps the parents are finding an environment that best suits their child.  It has nothing to do with your child.  Don't make it personal, as it is not.[/quote]

Applause.

You do what you feel is best for your own kids.  You should expect others to do what they think is best for theirs.  It's irrational and overstepping to expect/demand that they do otherwise, just to please you.

You can go through life one of two ways.  You can 1) either accept that you don't control others' decisions, and make the best decisions you can for your family within your own zone of control, or 2) you can drive yourself and everyone around you crazy over the fact that you aren't in charge of everyone else's family as well.  Pathway #1 leads to a much happier life.

For those who say that when others choose private they are saying the public school isn't "good enough," this is nonsense, and who cares anyway?  My next-door neighbor drives a Mercedes.  Somehow I manage not to interpret this as an insult of of my own car.  I'm secure that I made a very good choice for a lot less money.  If you feel that others' contrary choices are a criticism of yours, you are exhibiting huge insecurity in your own decisions.  Re-evaluate your own choices by all means then, but don't get angry at those who choose differently.

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