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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i live in PG but if I could afford to I wouldn't. I read over the other threads and many say to the same effect that was the only way to get a middle class life style in the area. My husband and I are content but my 12 year old son is having problems. Maybe he is a knuckle head but there are just so many other knuckle head kids in the malls & schools he is under the impression it isn't as serious of a deal as it is. He actually dumbs down his speech when away from the home. We lament not being able to afford a better area or private schools. The are some area with nicer houses for sure but much of the county has a few too many knuckle headed kids IMHO.[/quote]

Not to be mean, but ur child is a reflection of what is taught and enforced at home. I grew up in Landover, went to public schools my whole life and graduated from Duval. I never had any "pressure' to be a "knuckle head" and my parents would have never allowed it anyway. and never thought about "dumbing" down my speech....never had to.  I had tons of friends and none of us fit that stereotype or got mixed into a "bad crowd" I never understand that saying anyways. You are what you are taught and what u see[/quote]

So every bad kid has bad parents and every good kid has good ones?  Do you really think that peer pressure and environmental influences can't override and sabotage parenting. Not to be mean but "ur" not the brightest.[/quote]

Parents have to be vigilant, no matter what they do.  A weak-willed kid could fall in with a bad crowd in PG County, or Arlington, or anywhere else.  It is up to the parent to take note when a bad influence appears and do what needs to be done, even if that means moving to a private school or moving farther out altogether (there is always the option of moving out of PG county, it's not like it's prison).  I think "ahh PG county ruined my kid" is so, so weak.  There are lots of great kids in PG County.[/quote]

Hey, they have high end drugs in the best private schools.  If you have raised a weak kid, they will follow the pack whether they are attending Duvall, Whitman, or Sidwell Friends.  [/quote]

Thank You.[/quote]

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