My DS is at private school and always has been since he was 5. I suppose he lives quite a sheltered life, he has never been allowed to play outside or go anywhere on his own but we have tried to give him worldly experiences by taking him abroad, he's helped with some charity work both here and abroad and we never thought it would be a problem.
Anyway DH suggested that he join a local scouts group to help him broaden his social circles and give him some independance away from us. I agreed.
He loved it and has been going for around 6 months. However, I am starting to worry about the new friends he has made. He is the only child there from private school, the rest are from state schools and don't tend to value education at all. Some have called DS a swot because he reads a lot. They use bad language which DS has copied and slipped up with once or twice, they phone him and ask him if he's "larking out" which basically means hanging around the streets on a night and I know a couple of them smoke.
I'm starting to think this is the kind of experience DS could have done without. But I don't want to be a snob, however I refuse to allow my DS to pick up this kind of behaviour just to 'fit in'.
DH agrees with me. Are we both being unreasonable?