General Chat

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haven't been, so not in a position to comment...

Would say its an individual choice and if the childs happy then its ok, i think its the same as most things there's good and bad one's Lil

Never went, poor people tend not to :-)

Out of the five people I know well who went to Boarding School, all are emotionally damaged in some way. All are men. But who knows, maybe they would have been emotionally damaged people anyway. OC

It was not something we wanted for our children but we did consider it for the older 2 at one point when my husband's job meant there was a possibility of moving to a country with no suitable nearby school.... Luckily the move never happened. I can see why some people opt for boarding school if it means many moves for a child. My husband came from a Service family and went to 16 schools. I would have hated that..... but I wouldn't have wanted to leave home early either. I don't like the idea of primary age children being packed off at the beginning of term, but maybe a stable secondary education is better for some. Each child and their needs within the family are different. My husband's sister went to boarding school, but her brothers travelled with their parents. Gwyn

If i won the the lottery it was the first place my kids where going lol....................................

Can't say from personal experience but when I was at uni I knew several people who went to boarding school and they didn't like it.They said regional accents were frowned on and they tried to get everyone talking the same and individuality wasn't encouraged.Also I had a friend who worked at a girls boarding school,she said most of the children stayed there in the holidays and the teachers took them out on trips etc.she thought the parents were terrible.I'm sure there are some very good boarding schools around though.

My three boys all went to boarding schools (public schools) from the age of 13 and absolutely loved every minute of it. They all turned out to be splendid young men, oops, well not so young now, lol Definitely the right choice for them but not for DH's pocket perhaps. Cherryxx

Joe, you know I never paid for most of those trips. I just have good friends. Arrrr It's difficult for anyone who hasn't experienced both state and public to have an informed opinion, I suppose, on the subject. As much as academically profitable it seems to be, for me on the outside looking in through the gold-lined curtains, if you're good, you'll make a success anyway. It's not like it used to be. Either form of education has the potential to set you up for life with good backing. Today it all depends on how good the state school is, and the quailty of the pupil.

I went to boarding school from 11-15 in Hampshire Overton and I enjoyed every moment of it, I did not have to go I was the only one out of three of us who went. Margaretx

We went to live abroad for a while with children, the primary education was excellent, then came a choice, we either stayed and sent children back to English boarding schools, or came back to England with them. Having seen other children returning from boarding schools to visit parents in long holidays, it occured to me that they seemed to be acting as though they were visitors and it wasn't home, it just didn't seem natural somehow. We decided to come back to England, and have the children live with us, as we felt we hadn't had them just to be disposed of as it were.

Always wanted to go to boarding school, but that was because of reading Enid Blyton's books - like Twins at St Clares, Malory Towers, etc. I thought all boarding schools would be like that !! Never got to go there though, Mum and Dad couldn't afford it. Stella

I went to a Convent Boarding school and loved it.. Made lots of friends that I still have today.. OH went to a public school and hated it...

Bad bad bad. Like Old Crone, all of the people I know who went have been buggered up mentally to some extent. I don't know why people have children if they're going to pack them off for other people to bring up. And if there's better education at boarding school, I'm against them on those grounds because I think it's wrong that children are educated according to their parents means.

My daughter goes to swimming lessons at a boarding school, she often comments on how she is so pleased that she doesn't have to 'live at school' - which makes me very happy as I couldn't bear to just see her at weekends and school holidays! I think it's really selfish to have kids and then ship them off to boarding school. They grow up so quickly that both the parents and children must miss out on so much. Jack x

We are lucky all the schools in our area are very good. I know some people that have been to boarding school and it has damaged them in some way. My opinion is that I didn't have children to send them away from me at such an early age. My parent's were in the RAF and we went round with them all over, other children who I knew went to boarding school if their parents were in the forces, hated it I have since met up with them. But every one to their own on this one.......

Sorry, but I enjoyed it and am not mentally damaged in any way.. Oh on the other hand has a lot of 'hang ups' Everyone is different and circumstances are different.. I wasn't fobbed off to school, I was given a choice..

I have noticed that more boys then girls seem to have had problems associated with boarding schools.

I wonder if those who loved boarding school, disliked their home life?