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Have you considered a private school for your kids? I've toured a couple schools and everything seems nice and all but part of me is thinking: kids there really miss out on experiencing hardship, which seems to be a core tenant of growing up to be a strong, resilient human.

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This seems interesting. Coming from public greek school system (K thru university), the two main things I learned are bubbling to the top despite adversity and learning how to learn (since not all teachers were good). I found these two really great life assets.

I went to a private high school where there was "hardship" in the form of academic or extracurricular intensity.  A "we are going to make this intense and time consuming to learn perseverance and grit" approach.  Honestly, I'm still reflecting on if I find that approach much more beneficial than other options or not.

Adversity comes in all shapes and forms. The main purpose of schools is to provide education. If a private school provides the best education then go with it.

I went to a semi-private K through HS and turned out fine. There was always enough adversity in other areas of life.

I went to a private high school that did a fantastic job at reinforcing resilience & determination more than hardship.  There was a strong camping program and every student was camping 2x a year.