Boarding or Day School?

Many parents agonize over sending their child to boarding school or keeping them at home and sending them to day school. The issue you really need to  address is the quality of supervision you are able to give your children after school and on weekends. Let's face it, modern parents lead very busy professional and social lives. If you aren't around to see what's going on, do you know what your teen is up to?

      

Boarding schools offer a 24/7 community

If you send your child to boarding school, you are buying the whole package: academics, athletics, social life, extracurricular activites AND 24/7 supervision all rolled into one. It is an incredibly good deal for many thoughtful parents. Yes, she will miss her mother and father, her own room and all those other special things she knows and loves. But, the truth is that she will be off to college any in a few years. Getting a head start on leaving home is not a bad thing. It will pay huge dividends in later years as she has had to learn to cope and adjust to new circumstances.

The sports practices and games are easier to schedule because the whole school operates on its own self-contained schedule. Holding a drama or choir rehearsal in the early evening won't inconvenience anybody. Study hall and lights out are all part of the rhythm of school life as well.

Besides not having to worry about what your child is doing, the transportation issue is moot. No more driving to and from school. Or worse, no more teens driving between home and school.

Best of all, a boarding school is a self-contained community. Your child will interact with all the members of that community, learning valuable lessons about diversity and tolerance in the process. The teaching, and the learning, never stop just outside the classroom.

A boarding school offers many wonderful advantages for you and your child. Visit Boarding School Review and find out more.

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