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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many boarding schools have counsellors, staff, coaches and teachers that are there almost everyday to help students and support them. This does not reflect the real world where a young adult has to figure stuff out for themselves and be their own best counsellor.

Then there are the lavish facilities, trips and even laundry service. What, they even have people who do you laundry and neatly fold it up for you?

So here is my question why do mothers, yes it is usually the mothers, encourage their kids to attend these institutions?

I myself was a bit of a latchkey kid. I came home almost everyday to an empty home. However, it wasn't a problem. I wasn't lonely, especially as I got older. I developed study habits independently and did my homework because it needed to get done. I also had time to rest, relax and have a snack after a long day of school.

Oh, and by the way my mom was quite wealthy. Not that this matters, but I am certain I would get a few posts saying "I'm glad I wasn't poor like  you". [/quote]

Huh?

I went to boarding school and nobody held my hand at all! Yes there was laundry service, but lots of parents do their kids laundry.

I learned time management skills -- no one there to remind me to do homework, or stop watching TV, or hang out with my friends. I learned to live with people who were very different from me, including one year an AA girl from Florida, and another year a very wealthy daughter of a federal judge. I learned I had to eat at mealtimes, no in between snacks. I learned to find interesting things to do on the weekends since there was no mall, like what my friends did back home. I learned to solve problems vis-a-vis my peers b/c that is where most of the "support" comes in at boarding school -- from student leaders.

In fact, I would argue that boarding school teaches you independence the way the first year of college does. Now am I sending my kid? No. But I don't think you understand the culture of boarding school at all.[/quote]

Agreed. OP doesn't know the boarding school experience at all clearly![/quote]

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