Carlbrook

[Anonymous]

Thank you for acknowledging that you sent BOTH your kids away, see the truth isn't that hard is it?. What bothers you so much about your kids that you have to send them away?

[Troll Control]

I am not Karen, despite how badly you want me to be.  Yes, Interlochen is a boarding school. It is hardly in the same category of the places discussed on this forum.  The kids who attended Interlochen from my home town went through a rigorous audition and were chosen from hundreds of applicants.  When you run out of bullshit to spew, you really reach, don't you?  Very amusing.  One can only hope you realize how foolish you appear.   You're drowning, child- run on back to shore.

why don't you log in, brokenlegNO, wildfig or whatever you're calling yourself today?

[Anonymous]

Thank you for acknowledging that you sent BOTH your kids away, see the truth isn't that hard is it?. What bothers you so much about your kids that you have to send them away?

This may come as a huge shock, but some kids want to take advantage of unique educational opportunities and are willing to live away from home to do so.  It isn't a matter of having  to send them away- it's a matter of parents being willing to make financial and emotional sacrifices to allow their kids to go away to school.  I realize this is a world  which someone of your bottom-feeding stature could never comprehend, but it does exist out there. You are showing your lack of class by criticizing a parent who allowed a child to go to the premier arts academy in the country.  I'm still laughing.  You just don't get it.

[Anne Bonney]

Karen's son went to wilderness and TBS for a total of a year. That is not exactly being obsessed with programs.  The post about planning the kid's life was not hers.   If you lift people's posts off of other forums, such as college discussion forums, you might want to consider the context before you throw around words like "obsessed".   Hmmm, is Miss Anne feeling some inferiority?

Uh, no.  I didn't lift it.  If I made a mistake in the identity of the poster, I made a mistake.  I can admit that.  Damn, what's with you?  Why are you so mean spirited and condescending?  This seems to be typical of program parents and it's very much Karen's MO.

I haven't been here in a while and with Karen using so many differnt IDs and posting anon so much it's easy to confuse one program bot for another.  Y'all spout almost the exact same shit verbatim.

[Anonymous]

This may come as a huge shock, but some kids want to take advantage of unique educational opportunities and are willing to live away from home to do so. It isn't a matter of having to send them away- it's a matter of parents being willing to make financial and emotional sacrifices to allow their kids to go away to school. I realize this is a world which someone of your bottom-feeding stature could never comprehend, but it does exist out there. You are showing your lack of class by criticizing a parent who allowed a child to go to the premier arts academy in the country. I'm still laughing. You just don't get it.

::boohoo::  

Your pals at ST not giving you what you need these days, Karen?  :rofl: I wonder if you enjoy slummin' it in your real life as well. I bet you do, right, Karen?  :lol:

[Anonymous]

The kids who seemed to do the best, both socially and academically, at the boarding schools with which I have personal experience, are the kids who are pretty good at managing themselves. The kids have to be able to get themselves out of bed, manage their time, maintain some semblance of a nutrious diet etc. My daughter said she would NOT have wanted to spend more than the 2 years she did (junior and senior) at her boarding school. She loved the experience and it has served her well, but the communities are not very big, and it can all wear thin. (Especially true in the case of her school, which was populated by a bunch of temperamental musicians, dancers and actors!) Karen

[Anonymous]

I have never regretted sending my kids to boarding school. My daughter went as a junior so that she could have specialized training in music. She needed to be with "like-minded peers", as we say on this board. I missed her, but it was the right thing for her. I was able to nurture her from afar and by the time she was 16 there wasn't a lot of day to day nurturing going on in our home anyway!
Our public school system is awful, and for various reasons (some his fault and some not) our son exhausted the private school options. The "rich kid" mentality was actually stronger here in our private day schools than it was in his boarding school. He seemed to take "nurturing" better from his advisors at the boarding school than he did from us! The athletic opportunities for him were much better at the boarding school he now attends. I love it so much- I wish I could be there! I miss him and I miss being more involved in "high school life", but this is the way things have worked out for our family.
It IS a very individual decision. Most of the boarding parents I have met are deeply involved with their kids and very supportive of the school.
Karen

[Anonymous]

Have any of you had to deal with some major "blips" in your educational path? My son got kicked out of a disastrous boarding school in March of his soph year do to a combination of factors- some his issues, some the school's. None of the issues were academic. He spent a year in a very structured boarding school with good academics and a strong support system and was admitted to a top prep boarding school in the NE where he is doing a 2nd junior year and will do a senior year. His academics were strong throughout all this upheaval. His emotional growth has been impressive, and he is regarded as a mature young man and a strong contributor to his current school. He is also likely to be a recruited runner which he will use to help him get an edge for some top schools. Everyone on this board seems so exceptional- any situations similar to ours? Thanks. Karen

[Anonymous]

RandomWalk
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posted July 04, 2006 06:38 AM
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Mose- I agree. It is absolutely an option that should be considered unless the family's religious beliefs rule it out. That is sure the direction I would want to head in this situation.

[Anonymous]

So now you are signing your posts, Karen? Interesting. Yes, I had a 'blip' in my education path. I was sent away to a restrictive boarding school because my parents were uncomfortable being around me for some reason. How about you, did you have any 'blips' in your path? What is the last post about, is sending your kid away have something to do with religious beliefs now?

[Anne Bonney]

Suddenly she's signing her posts??  Could it be that the anons were Karen all along?  Coinkydink??  I think not!  :rofl:

[Anonymous]

Those are old posts taken from another forum.  Give it up.

[Anne Bonney]

Whatever sweetheart.  I don't really care.  I would bet good money that she's been here lately posting anon or under another name.

Again, why are you such a mean spirited bitch??  I haven't said anything offensive to you that I can think of.   Oh, wait.....you're posting anon, I guess I could have.  But DAMN woman!!    Menopause getting you down?  The have drugs for that ya know.  Probably have a good "school" opening up soon to deal with that.   :roll:  :roll:

[Anonymous]

You are showing your lack of class by criticizing a parent who allowed a child to go to the premier arts academy in the country.  I'm still laughing.  You just don't get it.

To the ST parent who wrote that (I don't care if your name is Karen or not), there are several things YOU don't get. It is neither smart nor productive to bring up the name -- on this forum -- of a genuine boarding school, one that has no "therapists" and is a place where every student CHOOSES to be there and in fact had to audition to get admitted. You have just sullied the reputation of a fine school by adding it to the search engines that will now associate a real school with Fornits and with the 'troubled teen' industry.

You also don't seem to have much sensitivity to the fact that many of the young people that visit and post here have been to other "boarding schools" that were NOT real schools and were NOT voluntary. It's seems quite logical that they would be skeptical of any boarding school mentioned by an ST parent. Their past experience with parents like you and gulag 'schools' like the ones they have been to make them inclined not to believe anything you say. Your insulting manner with them isn't going to help you score any points or help them try to listen to anything you might wish to say to them or ask of them.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure you didn't work for a PR firm, Karen? That's some serious program speak right there.

I have never regretted sending my kids to boarding school.

Of course you didn't.

My daughter went as a junior so that she could have specialized training in music. She needed to be with "like-minded peers", as we say on this board. I missed her, but it was the right thing for her.

Poor Karen, it must of been hell missing her right? It's just coincidence that both your kids are sent away for long periods of time, right?

I was able to nurture her from afar and by the time she was 16 there wasn't a lot of day to day nurturing going on in our home anyway!

With letters and phone calls? That's some great parenting, Karen.  :roll: Why was there no nurturing going on at home, busy out making money? Why couldn't you wait a couple years and nurture your kids yourself, or your husband?

Our public school system is awful, and for various reasons (some his fault and some not) our son exhausted the private school options.

You mean, he got expelled?

The "rich kid" mentality was actually stronger here in our private day schools than it was in his boarding school.

So, you spoiled him.

He seemed to take "nurturing" better from his advisors at the boarding school than he did from us!

They can get away with more, and punish him without you having to hear about. Out of sight, out of mind. As long as he comes back fixed, right? Results before means, right, Karen?

The athletic opportunities for him were much better at the boarding school he now attends.

Wow, it sounds so great! Can I go to a restrictive and authoritarian facility too?  :roll: The athletic opportunities in prison are better than those in schools.

I love it so much- I wish I could be there!

You are so full of shit, Karen.

I miss him and I miss being more involved in "high school life", but this is the way things have worked out for our family.

It's the way you wanted it, don't make it seem like random circumstance.

It IS a very individual decision. Most of the boarding parents I have met are deeply involved with their kids and very supportive of the school.
Karen

If they were deeply involved with their kids, they wouldn't be sending them away, would they? Like you said, there was no day to day nurturing in your home. When you read between the lines of your posts Karen, it really is a sad story. It sounds like a loveless household.