Should Parents or Students Make the Decision?

PelicanDad
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:09:46 +0000

IMHO if you, as a parent, do not trust your child to make good decisions when presented with complex options, s/he is probably not ready for a boarding school environment. It has been said by many a wise (wo)man, we often learn more from our mistakes than from our successes. If the list the family puts together is a good one, let the child decide. If s/he makes the “right” (?) choice, then there’s no problem. If s/he makes a “wrong” choice, s/he’ll get feedback that offers information on why it may have been wrong, and be better prepared for the next choice. Still no problem.