Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids went to private on 68% financial aid. Stop complaining you can’t afford.
That's still a lot of money and you are clearly comfortable with multiple kids even with aid.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the responses and advice.
Daughter is 6, almost 7. She hates school so much that I doubt a tutor or supplementing will help more than harm. I can barely get her to engage during school hours. She’s generally not happy but we try to have family fun when we can. I will be sending her to summer camp, so she’ll get some socializing and fun there, hopefully. So that’s something to look forward to? If school doesn’t open in the fall I will look into a local pod or something.
Then, stop complaining. You will not try to supplement and justified it so she will fall behind.
Anonymous wrote:My kids went to private on 68% financial aid. Stop complaining you can’t afford.
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the responses and advice.
Daughter is 6, almost 7. She hates school so much that I doubt a tutor or supplementing will help more than harm. I can barely get her to engage during school hours. She’s generally not happy but we try to have family fun when we can. I will be sending her to summer camp, so she’ll get some socializing and fun there, hopefully. So that’s something to look forward to? If school doesn’t open in the fall I will look into a local pod or something.
Anonymous wrote:My kids went to private on 68% financial aid. Stop complaining you can’t afford.
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the responses and advice.
Daughter is 6, almost 7. She hates school so much that I doubt a tutor or supplementing will help more than harm. I can barely get her to engage during school hours. She’s generally not happy but we try to have family fun when we can. I will be sending her to summer camp, so she’ll get some socializing and fun there, hopefully. So that’s something to look forward to? If school doesn’t open in the fall I will look into a local pod or something.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.
DCUM's gotta DCUM.
You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?
No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.
Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.
“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.
so you're saying that OP was short sighted by not converting to catholicism?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.
DCUM's gotta DCUM.
You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?
No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.
Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.
“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.
DCUM's gotta DCUM.
You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?
No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.
Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.
“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.
Wrong, what? If you're Catholic and belong to a parish, the parish will help subsidize your child's tuition at the parochial school? Is that what you're using to say that "them that has, gets" is wrong?
Anonymous wrote:OP, here is my respectful suggestion based more than a decade of parenting experience and some difficult lessons learned. The best way to be happy is to adjust your mindset away from getting ahead or getting left behind. Child development is no linear and there are different ways to get ahead or to be left behind. Sure, right now it is difficult to focus on the positive and to worry about what they are missing. Despite the advice I'm giving you, I worry constantly that my three teenager who are generally happy and doing well in school are missing out on social interaction that is going to hurt them if the work ever returns to normal.
I also am a person who tends to feel like a victim when I can't control things. For people like me, the pandemic is a nightmare. For your own good and the good of your kids, let go of your anger, let go of what you can't control, and focus on even the small positives of the pandemic. Are your kids happy? Do you do things together as a family? Are they learning how to cook or reading, or even just learning how to cope with boring DL? If they are, don't worry about getting left behind. In truth, things aren't perfect at private schools either. There are advantages with in person learning, but everyone is compromising during this difficult time.
It is so much easier said than done, but ask yourself, "If the pandemic ends tomorrow, what will I miss?" Then try to focus on those things, the small benefits of being home, that won't last forever. Do your best, but try to let the anger go.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.
DCUM's gotta DCUM.
You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?
No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.
Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.
“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.