[ohioWfan]

Right....... and in our case, we found out that we liked what was going on. Not that we agreed with everything, of course, but the problems were small enough to deal with at home in our many conversations with our kids.

I am very aware that our situation is not typical, but in our case, the best thing for the kids was to leave them in public school to be a witness of the love of Christ to a whole lot of kids who desperately needed it.....

And they ALL agree that it was the best thing for them.

[luckystarmom]

My son's friends in private school were a lot worse than his friends in public school.

In private school, my son was hanging out with one kid who came over to our house once. He put glitter glue in my daughters hair, and he backtalked me. Another kid in his class started going to public school because his parents got divorced and they could afford private tuition. The public school ended up placing this kid in a school for troubled kids. This kid is manic-depressive, ADHD, and numerous other things. He swore and had temper tantrums at the private school, but the private school did nothing.

In public school, they tested my son and found out he was gifted. They put kids into different reading groups (and this year math groups) based on ability. My sons friends were the ones that were in the advanced reading groups and the kids in the gifted program. His best friend was the son of Christian missionaries, and this kid was smart and well-behaved.