My Child does not like private school

ucbalumnus
Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:58:55 +0000

ParentingaTeen:

My kid hates private school. Which is disappointing because we decided to spend the extra money to really get her the best education we could afford.

It’s not like she is being bullied but she is just having trouble making friends.

Of course, the context matters:

1. How expensive is the private school relative to your financial resources, including impact on college funding?

2. How is the private school better or more suitable for the student than the public school, academics and/or otherwise?

3. Is the student an outsider in a prevailing social order at the private school? (e.g. if the private school draws mainly from a particular SES level, religion, race/ethnicity, etc. that your family is outside of, that can be a social issue)