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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These discussions should've been had months ago. You've already accepted your spot there. Just let him have a year in Connecticut.

He will probably love Hotchkiss, by the way. I have experience with the boarding school world, and Hotchkiss is renowned for their close-knit and warm student body and supportive staff. I don't think I've ever met a Hotchkiss alumnus that hated the place. Conversely, I always meet Exeter and Andover alumni that hated their schools. [/quote]

My friend in high school went to Hotchkiss. She liked it at first but then was miserable and came home before the school year was up. And it was all fine. If he wants to come home, let him. He can always go to your local public if you don't have a private option. It will all work out.

I wanted to go to boarding school and my parents said no. My reasoning was that my parents had a fairly unhappy marriage at that point in time and my mom was pretty depressed. I could not have expressed it at the time, but home was not a happy or healthy place when I was in high school. My parents were good parents during other parts of my life, but not high school. Of course I will never know, but I think I would have been better off in boarding school. Instead I woke up to an unhappy mom who would be irritated at me during breakfast and came home to an unhappy mom who hardly ever cooked meals or did anything else for mom. It was not good. It was like I was raising myself, but living at home.

Of course I have no idea what your situation is, OP. Just saying if your son is feeling he wants to get out, maybe he should.[/quote]

Way to project.[/quote]

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