BS experience vs. parental guidance

2prepMom
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:46:38 +0000

Do not underestimate the emotional pain of crying the whole drive home from dropping your child off at boarding school, and the doubt about whether it was the right choice.

But then the pictures, skype calls, e-mails and advisor comments start coming. The smiling face of your child is such a relief to see in the many pictures her advisor took and posts on the dorm blog. My daughter’s comments that the other students are “amazing” and that she truly feels at home and in the right place are reassuring.

There have been ups and downs, a few non-serious injuries, the flu, but she values the boarding experience so much, we put up with missing her, worrying sometimes, and hearing about the “big events” from a distance.

We now have an Exeter Harkness student at home on break. She is able to form great arguments and wants to debate lots of prior assumptions (which is fun but sometimes annoying too) - she misses school, is skyping her friends, and is amazingly organized and thirsy for knowledge. She is growing up.