Do I Send My Depressed Child to Boarding School?

ThacherParent
Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:55:31 +0000

I would add to what @NorthernMom61 said by noting that the Main Line Inter-Ac type of schools like Shipley, AIS, EA etc are chock full of parents who obsess on status, achievement etc. Don’t let the pressure of that milieu encourage you to ship your daughter off to boarding school to avoid working through the difficulties as a family. I don’t think you can make your daughter’s struggle someone else’s problem without doubling the risk to everyone. Your counselor will know best. I get the sense from the words you chose that it might be a good idea for all three of you to have professional guidance. I wish your daughter well; broken hearts, frightened parents, suicidal ideation are good reasons to come together no matter how tough the slog.