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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why my kids are going to go to a high school where many of the students are economically disadvantaged. There's no money for drugs and alcohol. Most of the students have jobs after school and on the weekends so they can help support their families. I'm not saying there's no drugs or alcohol, there's just a lot less.

Our kids will also have jobs in high school.

My husband and I both attended elite private schools (in the northeast) so we are no strangers to the culture. I was handed everything by my parents and so was my brother.my brother still lives near my dad. He has drug and alcohol problems and works part-time delivering pizzas because my dad still gives him money, etc. I made much better choices than my brother but I was still a spoiled brat. I'm not repeating history. [/quote]

That's a pipe dream. I grew up in that working class disadvantaged culture. Pregnant teens, pot, no one thinks of going to college, kids in shop class were allowed to smoke cigarettes - or at least no one complained - because they were destined to hopeless life anyway.

Today the kids at that school get tattoos and the drug mix includes meth.

I don't hate that background. But I have not one friend from high school.  Sure, some went to good schools including a couple of wrestlers went to good schools and a military academy.

My kids are going elite private all the way, [b]but my wife and I keep them family focused and grounded in reality. [/b]

But poverty sucks and is self reinforcing. [/quote]

Good luck with that. Care to share any tips?[/quote]

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