Academic complains that a LOVING home unfairly disadvantages kids who don't have one.

You can't make this stuff up.
Now you must feel guilty for doing the most for your own child?
Loving your child? Reading to your child? :???:

Bedtime reading could disadvantage other children, academic says

May 5 2015
British academic Adam Swift told ABC presenter Joe Gelonesi the benefits of the time-honoured custom were greater than a private school education..

According to Mr Swift, the “devilish twist” was whether bedtime stories should be restricted..

Story -
http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...uld-disadvantage-other-children-academic-says

 

There are many advantages and disadvantages when it comes to raising kids

Kids that end up attending elite schools usually come from well-off families and kids that attend crappy ones don't, for example

Are we going to ban expensive private education and put everyone on the same playing field, in the same schools, so that rich kids can feel what it's like to attend a gang-plagued inner city school in Chicago?

This is an interesting topic tho about inequality and how lucky members of one group have unfair advantages over another

 

True. But then that was the idea of busing kids to different areas and that hasn't gone too well.

I do think it would be a really good idea for a lot of white folks to spend some time in the areas, maybe then we could see some real changes. Never happen.

 

TDK mentioned expensive tutors as well in another thread, so even if everyone went to the same shitty school, well off families would be able augment education in ways poor families wouldn't....unless the free tutors were just as well as big name ones

You really can't win

 

When we lived in Fresno, my two younger children were in school there. We were in a "poor area school" and they actually had all sorts of extras that the Clovis schools did not have. (Clovis was the top schools in CA at the time) They were given a much better education at the poor schools than what was available to them at the Clovis schools.

Part of what I've seen that is detrimental to the wealthier schools/activities is that they have much more parent involvement. Many think that's a great thing, but often it's not. The parents end up running things and besides not being qualified, they have their own agenda going on.

I know that's anecdotal but sometimes rich doesn't mean best. Obviously, the basics, like safety, need to be taken care of.