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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to boarding school.  The local public schools were good, but this school had really outstanding opportunities. I struggled because for the first time in my life, I was a little fish in a big pond. I was pretty independent and started college about a month after turning 17.

Be prepared to parent your child differently if you send him or her to boarding school. It will be almost like having a freshman in college - you have to help him or her navigate the system (financial aid, on campus jobs, school schedule, dorm rules), but will lose a lot of direct control. [/quote]
Agree. A[b]nd when they come home "to visit", expect the same fights about their right to complete independence.[[/b]/quote]

When I came home from college there were no fights about independence, because my parents were fair. If I wanted to go out they wanted to know where I was going and when I'd be back. I had no curfew (but did have to be home - with their car- by the time I'd told them I'd be home). If I was leaving in the morning for the whole day, I had to let my mother know whether or not I'd be home for dinner. If I was coming home late at night after she was asleep, the deal was I had to close her bedroom door all the way, so if she woke up suddenly in the middle of the night she could easily be sure whether or not I was home. If I borrowed a car I had to replenish the gas I used up. These are all totally reasonable things. We didn't get in any fights once I went away to college and came back to visit. [/quote]

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