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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The summer before my senior year in high school my family moved from CT - where I attended a progressive public school to Dallas - where I attended a private girls school (think saddle shoes, not kidding).

I was really close to my parents and siblings so I never thought to say I didn't want to go.  I loved my high school, did well academically and socially.  I assumed that would happen in Dallas.

It didn't.

It was the worst year of my life -- and it began a life long eating disorder.  Mid year, I asked if I could go back -- live with a family friend and my parents said no.  That soon I would be away at college and they didn't want to let go of me any earlier.   As a mom of two  -- I get that answer.  But it was so hard to hear.

Much later in life both of my (now) deceased parents - apologized to me.  That both said I should have stayed behind.  It helped me a lot that they saw the pain I was in -- and how that lingered in my life.

I certainly don't know your soon to be senior and maybe it will be a positive for them

Good luck[/quote]

Thanks for sharing this tough experience. What you went through is awful and the two environments sound like total polar opposites school and culture wise.
As a parent now, do you think OP should leave her child behind though? I recommend doing a lot of research on the schools available in the new area and being deliberate. You should be able to mitigate real disasters and come up with the softest landing.
I had a boarding school classmate choose to go away to boarding school, mostly for college reasons, and then unexpectedly lose a parent. That decision weighed heavily on them as well since they felt they had decided to be away and not get additional time with them. There can be bad things or good things that happen either way with this decision but you should be able to do a lot of homework on the transition if you do move.[/quote]

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