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[quote=Anonymous]It is culturally normal in many places for kids to grow up with grandparents, aunts and uncles, boarding school etc.

I was a day student at a boarding school and kids boarded as young as kindergarten.

When that is a normal part of the culture, there is no association with no wanting your kids or not loving your kids. It is like extended daycare or a nanny - just like other people can do the bulk of looking after kids, in boarding schools this just extends a little further. The parents are still parents but other caregivers are actively involved in the raising of the kids. The kids are in cultures where more independence is expected and normal so it isn't such a massive transition.

I think sending kids raised in the US to a UK boarding school would be a nightmare. Your kids are not from a culture where they would have the same skill sets as the British kids to manage that and they would likely see it as being sent away as it isn't typical at all in your social circle.

High school for sure if a different story.[/quote]

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