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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is from the UK and has three siblings.  He and all of his siblings went to boarding school from the age of 8 (grade 3) till they were 18.  That’s 10 years in boarding school.  He and his brothers and one sister really enjoyed their experience.  One sister did not and endured a lot of bullying and I suspect she was molested at boarding school while she was young.  This seems to be a sore spot for his family and everyone will deny it happened.   The sister is not sending her two kids (girl, 6 and boy, 9 ) to boarding school and it’s made MIL and FIL parents very upset since they offered to pay.  I completely support her decision and DH mentioned her like our children to go to boarding school and I am absolutely against this.  Our girls are young (2) and we plan on having a third but the idea of them not living at home with me doesn’t register.  He wants them to go to the same boarding school their cousins attend in England but is willing to wait until they’re 10 or 11.  I still don’t want to be away from my children that age, and so far.

We did discuss this before having children and I was on the fence but now that I have children I just can’t imagine sending them to boarding school as young children.

It’s a cultural issue for sure.  I had a very hard time adjusting to college dorm life at 18 and ended up moving back.  I did finish my degree but at a local school, and moved away at 22 for my MBA and did fine.  DH thinks “the cord should be cut” at an earlier age to avoid situations like mine.  I just think that’s so young, what would you do? [/quote]

Not at 8 years of age.  Not comfortable for me even at high school age but, if it was the right kid maybe.  Tell DH should have married another Brit who believed in boarding school if he felt that strongly.[/quote]

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