hook up culture in boarding school

etondad
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:44:18 +0000

Hormones are hormones. Boarding schools, day schools–public and private-- even single gender schools–where there are teenagers there will be things happening-- not with every kid to be sure–but with a lot of them–regardless.

I always tell girls that “teenage boys’ lie.” They can’t help it most of the time–and so take what they say with a salt shaker full of caution. Remember that one of the two of you has to have your wits about, and biology suggest that it is unlikely to he him–so it better be you.

But whatever one does, don’t do something that will have long term bad effects.

All we can do is hope that those things that they have been taught have been internalized and will emerge when the situation call for them. After that, it is up to them.

Remember we were all teenagers too-and some of the mistakes I made then–wow–