[zten]

> Even now, barreling towards 40, there’s aspects of social capabilities where I come up quite short relative to my peers.

I identify with your post as a rural kid who mostly didn't socialize with classmates after school. I went to public school, and I'm 40 now. I think the human experience is that you are inevitably going to encounter social situations where you feel outmatched or simply don't belong. I do agree with making sure your kids experience public school, but I think that's about the bare minimum of what you can offer your kids.

[cosmic_cheese]

Yeah, there are always going to be outliers, that can't be avoided. The problem lies with the kid never having been given the opportunity in the first place.