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[quote=Lina2025][quote=Anonymous]I think it is easy to judge OP and ask why their family would enroll their son in boarding school so young. I also couldn’t imagine my DCs being out of my sight for longer than a school day. But as a second gen immigrant, I also remember the old family stories of walking to school barefoot and being whipped for answering classroom questions incorrectly.  While these exact examples may or may not exist in today’s times, it can be useful to fully understand another person’s cultural background and upbringing before rushing to judgment about what they should or shouldn’t do.

Depending on where you from, even purely from a class (SES) perspective, your tolerance for certain conditions will differ. Especially in cultures that value the elders over children. I can say this about the culture I grew up in, you are expected respect elders, to toughen up and not complain.[/quote]

As I already wrote, we chose a boarding school so that our son could learn English faster. We made this decision together as a family, and he was interested in gaining this experience. In my culture, it is not customary to yell at children and call them names, and also, in my understanding, safety should be at a high level. He studied at a school in Asia, and even there, where nothing bad ever happens, so you understand, there was not a single case of child abduction or any of the shootings that happen in America. There was security, and the guard did not let the children out of the school, did not let strangers in, and noted in the log when someone came or left.[/quote]

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