I am 40 with an 11th grader, so perhaps I am just looking older.

Just stay away from the teachers and school shrink!

My friend is 47 with a 15-year-old at a smaller DC private, and says she and her 46-year-old husband are the youngest parents there by a long shot. So yes, I think she would notice if she were ten years younger and all those parents were that old.

Anonymous wrote:Have noticed hags and geezers and trophy wives. Goes with the territory.

Do you go trolling from thread to thread?

OP, are you trying to have a play date arranged for your ninth grader? Let your child socialize, not you. He is a teenager.

Anonymous wrote:You're 38, not a child. You should be able to socialize with the other parents, no matter their age. It's what well-adjusted adults do.

Closer to 40 than 30. You should have no problem finding someone to communicate with.

It's because people who waited until they were in their late 30s/40s to have kids had more time to accumulate wealth before paying for things like childcare. It just makes sense that the average parent of private school parents would be older.

You're 38, not a child. You should be able to socialize with the other parents, no matter their age. It's what well-adjusted adults do.

Anonymous wrote:Have noticed hags and geezers and trophy wives. Goes with the territory.

Damn, you again? What happened? Off Topics dry up?

Have noticed hags and geezers and trophy wives. Goes with the territory.

Anonymous wrote:My DC started this year as a 9th grader at a Big 3. He came from a public school where I was on the younger side of the parent group (I'm 38 now) but everyone seemed roughly the same age. I can't believe how much older the private school parents are (especially the fathers). Many of them seem old enough to be MY parents. Has anyone else noticed this? It's a bit awkward to try to strike up friendships with people from a different generation.

THAT is a personal problem on your behalf.

Anonymous wrote:Please don't flatter yourself.

+1

You are right. The parents in DC are older in general and at privates I think are even older. But in 9th grade it isn't really the parents that are friends as much as the kids so I wouldn't worry to much about trying to have awkward interactions. Of course, it's all how you view them...

Please don't flatter yourself.

My DC started this year as a 9th grader at a Big 3. He came from a public school where I was on the younger side of the parent group (I'm 38 now) but everyone seemed roughly the same age. I can't believe how much older the private school parents are (especially the fathers). Many of them seem old enough to be MY parents. Has anyone else noticed this? It's a bit awkward to try to strike up friendships with people from a different generation.