Do I Send My Depressed Child to Boarding School?

SouthernHope
Mon, 25 Jul 2016 02:09:22 +0000

Hugs to you, OP, this sounds really tough.

I’ve not had to deal with these issues in our family so I state this knowing that it may sound naive. I’ve had 3 separate sets of friends handle an issue like this in different ways:

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One transferred their kid out of the elite private school where she was desperately unhappy (not with the school, necessarily, but just life) and went to an urban, lively public high school junior year where 1) nobody really had time or energy to even look at her and 2) she was able to remake herself. She is now a sophomore in college and looks at that decision as her turning point.

Another transferred their kid to a school out of state that was well respected but not an elite school in any way. This kid seemed to flourish once she was away from her family…her family was great…but they were so nervous and so scared for her…and there was so much anger…she just felt better (and so did they) with the distance.

Another sent their kid from one elite private school to a boarding school…the girl did not flourish…dropped out of high school…though she recently earned her GED.

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Anyway, there’s likely no real answer here…only questions.