Is it good or bad to send your children to a boarding school?

Answer 1

I think at least in k-8 there are excellent day schools.
As for high school, we aren't there yet. I hope there's a good day school or that the school they currently go to starts to take HS students.
Most of the kids in their school do go away to boarding school for HS, but I really hope to avoid that.

Answer 2

I actually had a job offer to teach at a boarding school when I graduated from college. The school was for grades 8-12 and when I went to go visit it, it seemed more like a day camp than what one would picture a boarding school as. They had tons of activites planned once school was finished, lots of school spirit and outings. When I went there I saw nothing but smiling kids. It sounds like a fake place, huh?
There were a total of about 500 kids and most of them were attending because their parents traveled a lot for work. They could go home when parents were there and stay at school when their parents were not. Some of the kids never stayed at school.
I turned down the job because I hated the location. Otherwise, it seemed like an amazing place to work.

I think a lot of us still think of boarding school as this horrible, mean place where you send your kid in Sept and don't see them again until June and that's so far from the truth. I think if youre sending your 8yr kid off to a boarding school on the other side of the country just so you don't have to deal with him, that's a problem. What was the point of having him if you don't want to raise him?
If your kid is in high school, wants to go and has the choice of coming home whenever they please (or you please), is in a well maintained enviornment etc like this school, I don't see it as a bad thing. If I lived 20mins or so from this high school and my son wanted to go, I'd let him. How is sending my 16yr to this kind of school any different then a 16yr graduating from high school and going off to college.
Depends on your opinions, your reasoning and the kid.
Best Wishes =]

Answer 3

Depends on your reasoning. If they're kids who have behaviour issues, and it has gotten out of control and you need them to be removed from your household to re-train their habits - and stop any downward spiraling - then it might be the best. Sometimes parents aren't doing their kids any favours by constantly giving into every little demand, and then it gets too out of control to know where to start fixing it; removal is always an option. (removal sounds like a harsh action, but its symbolic as opposed to required)

If you're doing it because they need a good or "better" education, there are private schools that they can bus to and from as opposed to living on campus. As well, if it is a particular school/teacher that is causing boarding school to be an option, then maybe look for other schools in surounding areas that your child(ren) could transfer to instead.

Ask "why" you're thinking boarding school instead of just asking "should I"

Answer 4

Depends on the boarding school

Look at all aspects


Ie students, attiudes and policies on bullying.

VERY IMPORTANT... ARE THEY ANTI AFFECTION OR HELP SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS.;


iTS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTAIL TEENAGERS CAN FORM REALATIOSHIPS AND GET HELP WITH DATIGN AND FALLING IN LOVE.

eXPERTISE IN CONTRCEPTION AND SEXAUL HEALTH.

And can be publically affectionate not in fear and post 16 can if can prove experise in contrception and working with the school (ie school makes sure patches/pills etc taken on time and condoms issued) to share room with loved ones.


or you end up with very very messed up kids.;

Life and work is about realtionships

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It may be the best or worst time of their life.

A good boarding school forming strong freinds and realtionships Hogworts style with teachers and freinds is very good.

a puritan hive of bullying and repression is like a concentration camp and will destroy people like prision suicides

Answer 5

It depends..If the kid needs discipline and the parents are unable or unwilling to give the discipline then perhaps a good old fashioned disciplinary boarding-school may be a good optopn.

Answer 6

I don't know if its good or bad.... but its not something that I personally would do. Its such a short time you have your children with you, why would you send them away? I'd miss my kids horribly. Before I know it I'm going to wake up and htey'll be off to college anyways. I'm going to enjoy them as long as I can!

Answer 7

Ya. Have kids and send them to someone elas to raise... Good idea... Sheesh... So many people are haveing kids just as a status symbol, May I suggest you give up the kids to adoption and go buy another Mercedes. The kids will be much better off in a careing home.

Answer 8

we have children to love and raise them. it's a parent's duty to instill values and moral in his/her children and to me sending them away to "learn" is like paying someone else to do our job. i wouldn't judge anyone who chooses boarding school for their child but i wouldn't agree with it or do it.
children need their parents.

Answer 9

i personally do not believe in boarding schools, you had the children so they are your responsibility. You are the one who needs to raise them, not school personel.

Answer 10

Only if its Hogwarts.