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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My thinking is, if it's possible to give them an edge (socially, academically, physically) why wouldn't you??

I do everything I can to give my kids a leg up on the competition.[/quote]

I want my kids to learn they need to work harder sometimes. They aren’t always going to have an unfair advantage. Plus they are UMC white boys. They already were born more than halfway up the ladder. If they can’t figure things out and be successful adults, shame on me as a parent. [/quote]

I can't decide whether this is satire or not. The idea that your coddled white UMC boys are going to learn to handle adversity by being the youngest in your wealthy school district is ... something.

You want to teach them real adversity? Move, and for God's sake do not ever talk like this in public again. It's painfully embarrassing.[/quote]

Move? Why do they can be at the top of a less competitive district because they are UMC kids with more advantages? People do that strategically too, to get into competitive state schools that accept x percent of kids at the top of their school ranking. [/quote]

No. So they can see what real adversity is rather than pretend adversity. They sure aren't learning any insights from you, that much is obvious.
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Our kids have been volunteering with at-risk + disadvantaged people since they were 2 and a half. And not a one time gig, a weekly thing. I also work in that sector, give substantial $  and volunteer hundreds of hours a year. You’re ignorant if you think moving in the best option for everyone. And you’re ignorant if you don’t think UMC kids have a huge advantage anywhere they go. It’s really not teaching then adversity when it isn’t their personal struggle. I just said they would have to “work harder” than if I helped them back which is true. It’s still should not be a hardship for them by any means to go on time. [/quote]

You'd better hope your kids learn their social skills elsewhere. Pro tip: disadvantaged people aren't zoo animals you take toddlers to watch. Jesus.[/quote]

You’re clueless and talking in circles. You also have major reading comprehension fail. I never said my kids would be facing any adversity, at all. I said my kids would face adversity. I said they had it easy because [b]they were born UMC, male and white, and if they couldn’t figure out how to be successful without me giving them even further advantages like holding them back, shame on me.  
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[b]What kind of a parent talks about their own children this way?[/b]  Most of the people that I know who red shirted their kids weren't doing so to get some sort of unfair advantage for their kid, they did it for maturity reasons.  Maybe their kid was slow to potty train, or shy or small for their age and they thought another year to mature before starting K would be helpful.

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There’s a whole forum of them called GBCN! And yes, they do talk about themselves and their own kids this way all the time. It’s really something! [/quote]

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