<p>RE: “Any thoughts as to which boarding schools “practice what they preach”? Which ones have a particularly strong anti-bullying culture?”</p>
<p>Quaker/Friends school tend to have a very strong anti-bullying culture. Back in my day many moons ago, at a Friends BS, lying and bullying would get you in more trouble than any other offenses. We use to say that you would end up in a frank discussion about personal choices if you were caught getting high but end up on a train back home for unkind behavior. Part of that is that, at least in the past, these schools were as likely to have a kid walking around in everything for tie-dye to caps to sports jerseys to LL Bean attire. Individualism and respecting the individual were priorities.
It was not that bullying never happened, it was that it was dealt with if it did…but students and faculty. Hope they have stayed the same.
D is at a pretty earthy ‘free to me’ kind of school now and has not seen or experienced any bullying. My son who was at a very ‘good’ school with more structure saw and experienced horrid bullying. We got him out of there. Sigh.
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