Aibu or would my DC have lost their t'a at any school

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My DS goes to a normal good rated by Ofstead infant school, but he's come home having lost his t's. It's all " I had a bo..le of wa..er" Would this happen at private school? I grew up in south London and then relocated to the hoek
Counties as an adult. I have worked really hard to improve my Estuary English, after I over heard some crude comments about how common I spoke during a group stage job interview age 18. I even had lessons and I speak very well now I'm 40. (Grammar still patchy.) Should I sell up and try to send him to private school instead? I want him to have a good chance or aibu ?

Just keep correcting it. It goes in eventually even if it takes years!

This kind of speech is not exactly unknown in private schools!

I agree with the speech lessons. I went to private school almost forty years ago to have an accent imposed on me, as well as strong academics and good grammar. I can still remember standing up and repeating words until the teacher was satisfied. A good accent can still open doors. Estuary English isn’t the nicest. What’s wrong for wanting better things for your children.

@DanglingMod

Depends where you live, I suppose.

I'm also in the E Mids but clearly a different part to a pp as it's not normal to drop ts here at all.

I'm in the east mids too and never (to date) have I heard anyone drop their t's

Where I'm from they drop T. Mum and dad corrected me each time so I soon stopped

I mean, I'm a teacher and the odd child does put on a fake estuary accent but they get quickly corrected

Just keep correcting it. None of my kids or their friends drop their T’s, it doesn’t need to happen.

DS once told his teacher to stop using glottal stops. He was 4. We were mortified!

@Phineyj

This kind of speech is not exactly unknown in private schools!

What ?! Shocking.

Yes I am still in the south, yes South East, but no longer in London. Moved much further out.

Correcting your child’s speech and grammar is something my DM and DD did, all the time, and I did the same for my DC’s.
It’s not a snobby thing to do, and it opens doors when being interviewed IME.
However, criticism of those who don’t have good diction and those with regional accents isn’t on...