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[quote=Anonymous]I think you'll find a lot of US parents here outraged at sending a 12 year old away from home to a boarding school. In the US, typically the youngest a child is sent to school is 14 (as a HS Freshman or 9th grader).

That said, I don't know that your reasoning about immersion in English is really a good argument. If he's at a local school all day, surrounded by English speakers, he'll get it fast. To follow your reasoning, the younger the better. I think anyone would tell you if you want to learn the language, go to the country. And you're here. So, just go to a local private where you have him with you at night or a local public that is good.

While I feel for you as a parent wanting to do the right thing for your son, I think you did the right thing and got him out of there. I hope you can get his toe healed and his new school will be near you and you will see him every day. I think you tried and it wasn't the right time - hopefully you're not putting him in another boarding school?

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