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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's necessary to ask her to lie or defect about this.

It's smart to tell her not to brag and not to bring it up constantly, but there is really nothing wrong or weird about a conversation that goes "What did you guys do this summer?"
and the responses go "Nothing" and "I go to my grandma's house and we go to the beach in July" and "I go to the aftercare all day in the summer" and "I'm doing a bunch of camps - art and acting and stuff."
 
There are always kinds who do different things. So what if your kid's are more expensive or posh. Someone's always are. And there is a clear line between interesting and obnoxious (like there is no need to say "I am going to taste pasta in five Italian cities after my $5K sleep away camp in the Berkshires!" when you can just say "My parents send me to a sleep away camp and we're going on vacation."[/quote]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you.

FYI, I said daycare because last year she DID attend daycare. Yes, she was only in with kids her own age, but yes, it was at a daycare facility and no, they did not do field trips. At all. Her father will be deployed all summer, so I decided to pull out all the stops and give her opportunities that she wouldn't have locally, and I think we'll continue that going forward. She's at the age where she needs to be exposed to things outside a daycare's four walls. [/quote]

Maybe other kids were coaching their kids to be “gentle” when talking about how their dads were around all last summer to ride bikes in the evenings, go to their swim meets, and tuck them in each and every night.

So I guess maybe other people have had to be tactful about your family’s sensitive spots too, eh? Are you gettting yet how obnoxious you are acting? [/quote]

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