“But doughy suburban house fraus don’t send their kids to actually learn useful skills. They send them there to play sports and be in clubs.”
Yeah, early networking; half the issue I was pushed to go to school (instead of homeschooling) to high school was because my parents wanted me ‘well socialized’. The House Fraus are the ones screeching about how their precious spud has one allergy after another and blame the school if their little darlings commit crimes like harassment or extreme bullying and file lawsuits if their angel-kins does not get a position on the cheer-leading squad. How many of these pampered brats become complete hippies or commit school shootings?
Funny you should say that. That's what I thought. But since then, I've realized that the kids I knew who were homeschooled or who went to private schools hosted by local churches were much more at ease dealing with adults, and had much less of the proverbial "chip on shoulder" that you expect from teenagers. Still teens, still kids, but more sane.
That's when I realized that this is the right answer: if you can, get your kids out of public schools. Grandparents, you may have to help.