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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW Americans typically view boarding school for students younger than 14 or 15 years old to be a form of punishment for an unwanted child. And I write this as a boarding school parent and as one who attended a private school which had both boarding and day students.

Twelve years old is too young to surrender a child to a boarding school environment even if "only" for 5 days a week.[/quote]

What are you talking about. There are a ton of reasons parents who elect to send a kid to boarding school like a recent divorce, parent/s had to relocate for a job, death of a parent, lack of extended family nearby, or they live far away from the type of schools they want their kids to attend. Or in this case the parent/s relocated here.

The under 14 schools generally have lots of emotional and organizational support for the kids. This is clearly a very invested parent who believes s/he is not getting the educational and support services s/he agreed for her child. Maybe less judgment and more empathy. Comments like these are uninformed or just trolls stirring the pot.   [/quote]

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