One of the reasons why we signed off on our son going to boarding school was our belief that he would benefit from the co-parenting aspect of the experience (and so would we). Every family and every child is wildly different, but in our case we thought that our son would respond better to the example setting and support structure found in a boarding school’s residential experience. We were right about this and he came home more centered, more mature, and more exposed in the best possible ways to different kinds of people from around the world. He is our third child.
Our first child did not want to go, but I wish that she had. First children (at least ours) are on
the receiving end of every mistake, neurosis and uptight behavior of first time parents. We could really have used the co-parenting!