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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can spot the private school kids in a coffee shop.[/quote]

Me too.  And in restaurants.  It’s usually the ones whose parents are still ordering for the 12yr old.  Which I didn’t realize was a thing until waiters kept being astounded that my then 8yr old could order for themself.  [/quote]

What?  My 5yo in private can easily read a menu and order.  He also speaks 3 languages.[/quote]
I think this goes to show that it's wrong to make such a sweeping generalization.

My public schooled kids have been ordering off the menu since they were early ES. We had them look at the server and order themselves.

Someone I know ordered for their kid until they were like 14.  Public schooled, and only child. Very coddled.

We taught our young teens to email/call places to find out about xyz, make a hair appt, etc... At first, they were nervous to talk to an adult on the phone like that, but the more they practiced it, the easier it was for them.

We also taught them how to take the public bus; read the map, and bus schedules, etc...  They were pretty self sufficient.  The parent of the coddled teen would never ever allow them to take the bus in our very safe area.  They didn't even want them to be home alone at 13 for a few hours.

My kids do public speaking (like debate, theater, mock trials), and they are great public speakers. Their teams have won titles.

I think parenting styles (coddling vs not) drives these types of ability rather than being private vs public school educated.

Oh, and we've gotten a lot of compliments while out dining about how well behaved our kids were, and that they are not on their phone the entire time we are out.

So again, stop generalizing.[/quote]

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