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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know. I think a lot depends on the kid. Ours started in public, then went private in 4th (at a "Big 3," if it matters). In US now.

I agree with the comments people have made about the different sorts of parents we've encountered, and the privileged experiences private kids, on the whole, are likelier to experience. But our family is middle class, though we budget for as many of the privileged experiences as we can, and I think our kid has a much more "enriched" life that I'd ever have imagined for myself growing up. For all of that, though, I don't think DC is any different now, for having been exposed to a different set of kids, than before.

If anything, DC is just a lot more aware of privilege and what s/he does & doesn't have, both in terms of material things and in terms of social graces. But it hasn't "rubbed off" in any way. S/he is still as awkward and socially introverted as ever. S/he's had much practice, both in public and private school, with public speaking, but really doesn't manage casual conversation well. (We're a family of introverts...it's just difficult. I don't fault the schools.)

Still, s/he's always been a "good" kid, and that hasn't changed in either direction for having moved from public to private. [/quote]

Send her to cotillion, like many other private school parents do.  Literally they teach social graces.[/quote]

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