I'm not a private school snob! Vent

[Astrid]

Totally get you! I find it funny when people say we cant afford to send our kids to a private school - yet its their kids they are sending 3-5 days a week to childcare which would cost as much or more than a private school! (well the private schools in western sydney - not the super expensive ones).

And that is not judging?? What parents choose to do with their money is there choice, incomes can change over the years, maybe it was a complete strain on them paying childcare and they made a lot of sacrifices to pay it at the time.

If find for me, it is all how it comes across. I don't give a toss where someone sends their children, but the moment they make someone else feel bad for choosing differently then it matters. One friend of mine would be in tears due to another mother making her feel bad for choosing a public school (there was no way she could afford private school).

I am thinking maybe these other parents have been made to feel bad and have had to already defend their choice of public school, so they now get defensive when someone chooses private school. Not right of them to make someone else feel bad, but past experience is making them hit out before they are hurt.