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[quote=Anonymous]"I can't emphasize this point strongly enough," he replies, "but I don't think we should treat our own children as social-policy interventions. And poor parents, by the way, if you go to them and say, 'I'm not [paying for tutoring] because I'm egalitarian,' they'd say, 'What the hell is wrong with you?'" He does offer some suggestions to address the imbalance: Match the amount spent on enrichment experiences for your child to assist a needier child; find a family to "adopt," and invest in their children's educations; or follow the lead of the affluent public school that his kids attend—for every dollar the PTA raises, the group gives 50 cents to a low-income DC school. "

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LOT of defensiveness in the replies on this one! Many of you know it is not right - the problem is that all your peers are doing it too so your stuck. I agree with the points above about acknowledging that there is a system in place helping your kids (that includes you) and disadvantageous MC and poor kids. And so thinking about what you can do in addition to help rebalance things a bit.

I would add - AND raising your kids to realize they had legs up along their way and did not "make it all on their own" so certainly have an obligation to be chipping in and helping out those that did not get those same advantages / opportunities. Way too little acknowledgement of this. [/quote]

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