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Boarding for some children is a necesity for a range of reasons. The most common is that the parents work overseas are travel a great deal. Some educators maintain that boarding is a valuable educational experiene in itself and thus useful in its own right. Here even boarding schools to not mainatin that boarding is advisable for every child, but they believe it is beneficial for most children. There is considerable difference of opinion here, especially concerning the value of boarding for younger children--namely prep school age children. We do not pretend to be avle to address this issue fully. Our purpose here is to present what the schools and children have to say on the latter. The schools of course have a vested interest in describing the value of boarding, but they make a good case. The children tend to be of mixed mind on the subject. Some like noarding, but most would probably be happier at home. Most of the older children looking bak tend to agree that boarding has been a a valuable academic experience. They are less equipped at the press school age to reasonably assess the social benefits.
There can be little doubt that a boarding education is capable of providing the ideal education for many children. The advantages are well known; there are many opportunities for a communal life' for leadership and respmsibility; and there i also the signficant advantae to be gained from growing up for part of the year in the close company of adults other than one's pareants.
Bromsgrove School Prospectus
