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[quote=Anonymous]I went to boarding school when I was in high school and so I will give you my perspective:

Boarding school isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. You need to find a boarding school that is a good fit for your son. Some are designed as college prep programs, others are designed for slight behavioral problems, others are designed for kids with serious behavioral problems that have involved legal problems.

You are right to be concerned about your son meeting "bad influences" because that is exactly what happened to me. I needed structure that my parents couldn't provide me, so they sent me to a school for children w/mild behavior problems (co-ed military environment). I had never smoked weed or done other drugs, had only been to a party w/alcohol once or twice, didn't smoke cigarettes. Learned all of these things and more at boarding school. Fast forward 20 years and I am one of the minority of my graduating class who graduated college in a timely manner, went to grad school, have a good job, etc.  I attribute it to the fact that college and beyond was never NOT an option in my family, but it could also have to do with the fact that the school I went to gave us discipline but didn't really provide the tools for succeeding on our own.

I agree w/what another posted has stated, ask your son what he wants to do. Don't just drop the bomb on him that you are sending him away.  If he is part of the process in choosing his destiny it is much less likely that he will rebel and end up getting himself kicked out of whatever solution you end up deciding upon.  If he is taken kicking and screaming to some boarding school/treatment facility, chances are that you are going to waste your money as he will get kicked out and not learn anything that will help him/your family.[/quote]

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