Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
Oct 2007
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Bath, Im pretty sure it was a very hard decision to make being so far from the DD you love dearly.
Hearing that she is loving it there must be music to your ears! Glad it is turning out great and hopefully she has some time to reflect on how much stress she has caused her parents.
DH was sent away due to his bad habits/friends as well and had alot of reflection to do. Best things his parents ever did because he did alot of growing up during that time and was a changed man.
Its great she is loving it..sounds like you made the right choice hun.
I was looking at boarding schools the other day for when the kids are in high school but my cup of tea almost hit the computer screen when I seen the fees LOL
Well as a boarding school survivor, I can definitely say that I would contemplate it under the right (extreme) circumstances. I'm so glad to hear your DD is loving it, I hope she is able to thrive long term too.
It sounds like your DD was pretty much "out of your sphere of influence and protection" courtesy of the company she was keeping, so a very good idea IMO to make a clean break. I"m sure it wasn't an easy decision for you . Perhaps she will appreciate "home" more too when she returns, rather than taking it (tediously) for granted, kwim? It will be interesting to see whether she relates to you differently once she has spent a little more time outside the nest.
Bath that is great that DD is returning to her old self and enjoying the experiences of the new school and in turn bringing you some ease and less worry. And you are so right there many things in life that we say - "oh no I'll never...." but when we actually grow and learn and experience life our ideas become open to change.
Sweetie, I'm so, so, so glad to hear that it's all working out for you and DD It was a very tough, very heartbreaking decision to make and I know I probably didn't help... but as I said, all kids and situations are different and I'm pleased you stuck to your guns. You know your daughter best and I'm really happy for both of you that it's going well
You're a top mum!! DD will no doubt be very thankful to have had you during these difficult years when peer pressure and the rest can really take its toll on a kid... I hope she really grows to love her new school, forms lifelong friendships and uses what she's learned from this whole episode to her advantage later on!
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I'm glad it's working out so well for you and her. Under the circumstances it sounds like a great pro-active solution rather than getting no-where just trying to reason with a teenager as i know they're determined not to listen to adults when they know best (I was awful).
My hubby went to boarding school and although he had a few issues he looks back at it as a great experience having made lifelong friends and wouldn't be where he is today without having gone.
Hmmm, my mum was down on boarding schools: her little sister sent my cousin to one. So I grew up believing in "what's the point of having children to give them to others to look after."
Yeah well, can't be a SAHM so got used to that idea pretty quickly.
And, looking at it, boarding school was the best thing for my cousin. He's a great chap now. I wish I'd been to boarding school as a teen. Or my sister had. Or we both had gone to different ones. Far better going to boarding school for a bit than ending up disliking your mother!
I want DS to go to a boarding school, but one nearby so he comes home at night. Because of the way you meet so many people with so many backgrounds - who will be returning to those cultures so don't feel as if they have to lose them. Because of the opportunity to stay over if he needs to, for whatever reason (hmmm, that thought is putting me off more children!).
Sometimes people need to get away from everything. When you need to do that before you're an adult, boarding school can be the best thing that happens to you. I hope that's the case for your DD.
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. Perhaps she will appreciate "home" more too when she returns, rather than taking it (tediously) for granted, kwim? It will be interesting to see whether she relates to you differently once she has spent a little more time outside the nest.
It was a very tough, very heartbreaking decision to make and I know I probably didn't help... but as I said, all kids and situations are different and I'm pleased you stuck to your guns. You know your daughter best and I'm really happy for both of you that it's going well
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