Mozza, Sorry if this was answered elsewhere, but where the heck do you live? While in the military, there were some bases in places where you knew you'd have to send your kids to private schools if you wanted them to keep up with their grade. Unless your kids were labelled as "gifted."
Most public schools in our country have programs for Gifted & Talented kids, usually referred to as "GATE" (Gifted And Talented Education") and that can provide a real boost to the kids' education. It costs nothing.
Assuming you don't have that option, then Would her family help pay for THEIR favorite schooling, IF you wanted to partake in it? And last but NOT least, how far away would this mean?
Are we talking boarding schools abroad or what?
sorry 25yearsmlc, I just realized I didn't answer your post. Thanks for chiming in.
We're probably talking about a different school in the same neighborhood where could still walk the kids every day.
My first issue is money: it's likely some 5-8k more expensive per year. I like your idea of suggesting that her parents pay for all of it, though I've always refused to be subsidized by her parents (I'm a proud self-made man, like her father and he greatly respects me for that). I don't want them to "own" the education of the kids and give the impression that they have a say in it.
My second issue is the need. Private school is not for gifted kids, it's for a different approach. It's more disciplinarian, more work, more homeworks. I just don't think it's needed at that age and my W always agreed with me on this.
Finally, I reject the idea that public schooling is inadequate around here. D6 is thriving in it and just because her language is not yet that of a 50 year old TV host is not a reason to panic and send her to the harshest school. My MIL is a disciplinarian with the highest standards. My W suffered from this in her youth and, perhaps without realizing it, is repeating the pattern now. I'd like to spare it to my kids.
Anyway, my W hasn't brought it up again and it's likely just a "night anxiety" thing, though it might come up again the future. She's dropped a few of those things in the past though. My hope is that we'll be in a much better place to deal with this when it comes up again.
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