Private school sense of entitlement

[Amore2010]

We are two terms in and have picked up on this kind of behaviour from DS and are far from impressed. Otherwise very happy with the school and everything that it offers. Just wondering if his sense of entitlement is a specific school thing or whether other parents sending their kids to private secondary have noticed a growing chip on their shoulder?! DS was at a small prep and this was never an issue before, although he was a sweet loving little boy and now a wanna-be cool, pre-teen in a secondary school environment. I’m really on it from a home perspective but I really do think this behaviour is coming from the school. Help!

All three of my DC went to private school. None of them are entitled. I hate this assumption that all children who go to private school are "entitled". It's pathetic and lazy, the same way as making generalisations about state school pupils is.

Like others have said, it's just because he's being "a wanna-be cool, pre-teen in a secondary school environment". It's very different from being at primary school.

Sounds like kids in general these days

My post was created over 7 months ago and things have somewhat been put into perspective. My entitled, arrogant teen has since gone through puberty and after a fair few amount of detentions and being called by the school where they have told me his behaviour hasn’t been up to school standards either I can see it’s him. His puberty has somewhat sparked a side of him I didn’t even know existed where he wants to be the clown of the class and has an answer for everything. It’s not down to his private education nor he is copying his parents (we are embarrassed and mortified) but feels more like we have a long way ahead to bring him back to earth in his teenage years. His friendship group play a part and we’re onto it too. Wish me luck!

@Amore2010 Maybe you confused “entitlement” with badly behaved? Detentions are usually reserved for the latter. Clearly choosing friends wisely, and not following the least desirable, is a skill that’s needed. Plus working out you don’t need to be the class clown annoying the teachers. Presumably the majority didn’t get detentions so are perfectly decent DC. I’m with @SoupDragon . It’s not the school, it’s the DC as you can probably now see.