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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Really, PP.  I often wonder if some of the parents (father and mother) work.  I suspect some live on family trust funds.  They are at every school event during the day, are dressed in very casual attire.  My kids don't know what other parents do.  My son, who is 14, barely knows with his father and I do.  The point is I don't think kids care.  I know I don't.[/quote]

You would like to think the kids don't notice. That's different from what they actually experience. [/quote]

They know more about whose parents are about to split up than what they do for a living.[/quote]

They know about both.  I don't know who these posters are who are saying that kids are unaware of each other's financial situations.  That's just not at all true.  I went to private school and everyone knew who had more and who had less.  I would imagine it wouldn't feel great to be on the side of those who have less, but that probably depends on how different the financial situation is between your family and that of the other families at the school and your child's personality.

I don't think people should be jumping on OP for this post.  Why not consider all aspects of how a change to private could impact your child's life.[/quote]

One family at my kids' school owned a major sports team.  My kids could care less.  The child was always inviting kids to his home for get togethers and some kids would always go to enjoy the bling but my son found him boring to the point where he asked me to decline future invitations, which I did.  You could tell kid was desperate for friends.  But, regardless of the socioeconomic status, if the child is obnoxious or a bore, kids won't want to be with them, at least mine won't.[/quote]

Does anybody else notice the difference here: 
- posters saying "I was a private school kid and we all knew who was rich", 
vs. 
- posters claiming their kids have no idea who's rich.

I wonder if the latter have even discussed this with their kids. I know I wouldn't say something like "were you aware how rich so-and-so's family is?" Who even talks like this to their kids? So then I wonder how much the "my kids could[b]n't[/b] care less" posters actually know about their kids' thoughts on this.[/quote]

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