single sex schools

[busymummy3]

would you send your DC to an all girls or all boys school if you had yourself been in a single sex school or if you had been to a mixed school would you like the idea of sending your DC to a single sex school?

I went to mixed sex schools (in a country where single sex education is largely viewed as a thing of the past) and never considered sending dd to a single sex school, until a friend talked to me about her daughters' all girls' school and made me think seriously about it for dd.
As a result we sent her to a wonderful girls school in year 3 and she has blossomed in a way I'm not sure she would have done in a mixed school (although it's not the only factor).

She is now in year 6 and going to a mixed school in september as I think it's important in her case to mix with boys as she is quite naive (like I was), and starting to be interested in boys, so I think we need to accept the short term distraction factor for a longer term benefit. She has friends who are boys outside of school and enjoys their company, so I'm hoping this will happen at her new school too. She also finds the bitchiness at her girls school quite hard to cope with at times. And boys bring a lot of fun and a different way to look at things which is great, so I don't want her to spend 7 years thinking that they are alien species which is only ever boyfriend material.

Having said that, if she had brothers, I may have a different view on things (also depending on her personality). There is definitely a place for both mixed and single sex schools and I'm glad we've had the choice.

My daughter is to start primary next year and I am far more concerned that she is not disadvantaged by having to be around stupid children from parents who do not care about education rather than whether those children are boys or girls.

However, what I got up to in the 70s and 80s at school is either so far removed from what they can do today or they are doing it years earlier. Sex for one. Now I do not think single sex schools would mean she would not take unnecessary risks in her teenage years but it would remove some of the pressure. I would however hope that her being a well rounded individual and well educated would be better preparation for adulthood than just removing temptation.

I would worry if she had to attend a school where the language was not English but some gangsta rap and the law of the jungle prevailed. I believe they are commonly referred to as chavs and largely the social underclass. My children will never mix with them nor be dragged down to their level.

3point14 that's a very odd post.

I thought you seemed a sensible chap from previous threads...are you avvin a larf perhaps??

My dd goes to a single sex school and my ds will be going to a boy's school in September.
I think that choosing single sex over mixed really depends on your child.

I have two children of each sex so it's not as if they won't be used to spending time with the other sex. As it is they act like an old married couple and they are only 5 and 3.

My ds is very young for his age (July baby) and I think that he'd really struggle at a mixed school where some girls would obviously be a lot older than him. As his school is single sex it's built around boys. He will do sport every day.

I went to a single sex school as did my dh. I certainly didn't go 'mad' when I discovered boys in my teens. I had two older brothers who were so annoying that I could pretty much take or leave boys. I was much more interested in doing sport and having fun with my friends.

I don't think that there is a right or wrong with these things. It's just that it's what I am used to and my dd is certainly thriving at her school.