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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The school environment is a big one. If the school has a lot of extra curricular activities, clubs that appeal to all kids (sports, math, debate, science, computers etc...) they can find an interest with a similar group of friends. They can also find this in church or other religions organizations.

I am going to get flamed here but I really do think that a school with good a lot of student with high SES would be better in terms of bullying kids with non popular culture interests (no rap music, drugs etc..) and providing the above items. If there are a lot of low SES they are trying to provide the basic necessities, parents are not as involved and the above extra curricular items are not the focus. It[/quote]

What a ridiculous comment.  The biggest differences between teens who experiment who are poor and teens who experiment who are of a higher SES is that people with involved, wealthy parents have the resources to keep their kids out of jail, and parents who will do everything to make sure that is the case.  There is more of a cushion if they get caught.  So if a poor kid gets caught up in the same experimentation that wealthy kid might, there is less of a safety net, less savvy parents working the system, and less bias from law enforcement.  If anything, higher SES kids have more disposable income to spend on drugs. Also, there are plenty of parents who have such demanding jobs that it is really difficult for them to monitor and hover over their kids, so it's not like that issue is unique to low SES families.

Also, this rap music thing is nonesense.  Rap is mainstream now, and all teenagers (yes, even wealthy teenagers from Bethesda) listen to it.[/quote]

Do you think the low ses family will pay for rehab and focus more time on helping their kids?[/quote]

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