My parents wanted to send me to a boarding school in the 70's. I just told them straight "Unless you chain me to the bed I won't be staying one night". They went off thought about it for a few days and then came back and said "Maybe it wasn't suitable for me...".
My brother went to a boarding school and while there was no actual abuse, there is always a level of psychological abuse at those places. I can't define it, but it definitely changed his personality.
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Narcissism ago
My parents wanted to send me to a boarding school in the 70's. I just told them straight "Unless you chain me to the bed I won't be staying one night". They went off thought about it for a few days and then came back and said "Maybe it wasn't suitable for me...". My brother went to a boarding school and while there was no actual abuse, there is always a level of psychological abuse at those places. I can't define it, but it definitely changed his personality.
smokemirrors ago
Sorry to hear, Narc. Same with military schools in the USA. Hothouses of abuse on the fragile psyche of young kids. So terrible.
Boarding schools and childrens homes in the UK. What a total mess :-(