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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids in private school are coddled and can struggle in the real world when they don’t get all the handholding and individual attention they got in school. Public all the way. You learn to be resilient and advocate for yourself. [/quote]

This is a line that public school proponents love to repeat, but in our experience it’s not true. In HS all of our kids schools made a point of putting responsibilities on the students (not parents) to advocate for themselves, communicate with teachers/coaches, and navigate things like the college application process. They actively told parents to give their kids space and let them figure things out with the guidance of faculty/staff. They knew our kids well so we felt comfortable with that and DCs do just fine advocating for themselves and managing their lives in college. Obviously not all parents stepped back as much as we did but the point is that’s an option at private school. My friends with kids at public are involved in their kids everything at school because (I think) their kids don’t have anyone looking out for them. [/quote]

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