Figure 1.-- The first few months of boarding can be a stressful time for both the child and the parents. Most children, however, adapt very quickly to boarding.
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Figure 1.-- The first few months of boarding can be a stressful time for both the child and the parents. Most children, however, adapt very quickly to boarding. |
Attitudes toward boarding appear to be largely formed from overall social values. Fathers once largely determined how a child was educated and the idea of the needs to toghen boys up were once widespread. Such decessions are now more likely to be family decessions with a mother's more nuturing attitides becoming more important. Some argue that it is more natural for younger children to remain in the home. The conclusions reached are generally ideologically based rather than based on any hard scientific evidence. It is fair to say that the children lead a more comfortable live at home. It is less clear that the children are benefit from staying home. We do not say which is the better approach. We do maintain, however, that we have never seen any real academic studies seriously assessing these two conflicting attitudes. Of course such a study would need not only to assess learning and skills, but also how effectively a child leand important social skills. This would not be an easy study to conduct, probably explaining why such a study has not been conducted. A further complication is that children are different and react differently to the boarding experience.
