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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. I can see you are a caring parent and are trying to find the best environment for your child under difficult circumstances. The haters are gonna hate, and I cringe at the posters questioning your motives. My advice is this, though. If your divorce is very recent and your son has not experienced and thrived in a stable “new normal” living arrangement post-divorce, boarding school might look like an attractive option but it could prove damaging in the long run. My sister did this when the logistics of shared custody seemed too complicated to work. She convinced herself that boarding school would be a compassionate avenue for giving my nephew a sense of stability. In fact it created long lasting emotional difficulties because he felt like he’d been warehoused at a time when he needed reassurance that one or both parents truly wanted him in their daily lives. He was emotionally lost. What he really needed was stability in knowing both parents wanted him and that the divorce was not his fault. Please think this through.[/quote]

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