Wednesday night, sending your child, aged 8 to boarding school, do tell me about it as i won't be able to watch!!!

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I couldn't even watch the trailer for it without wanting to weep!

The parents can only take them out for one hour!

There will be no/very little parental relationship left

like visiting your kid in care, or prison.

and she drove them around with no seatbelt.

Oh bloody hell - poor april hugging someone else's mum!

(Am on delay because my mum rang)

it's so cruel to leave them so young

But they don't subsidise much - Boarding Schools Allowance has been really cut down in recent years..

They must get subsidised quite a bit as very expensive.

Why didn't Lottie's mum take the twins out too? I felt awful for them being left behind. It was only for an hour anyway; she could have bought another two Cokes, surely?

Yes they do Mrspotatochip, and that is another reason why they get sent so young - in order to tap into the discount, you have to send them to board, or there's no assistance. Friends of ours are having this dilemma as they'd actually rather their boys didn't go until 13, but they want them to have a private education and can't afford it without the help.

Sobbing at this. I went to boarding school at 12 and not really thought about it before now, it's just the way it was. But this is really hitting home, my chest hurts.

this must be the moment the british 'stiff upper lip' emerges

That mum's just told her daughter that she won't miss her

chaosisawayoflife

Couldn't they just go at 13? Terrible decisions for the whole family. I sympathise with the forces families dilemma totally do not understand the rest

Poor child looks so sad and pensive.

Lottie's mum practically brushed April away as well ... poor mite.

Poor child looks so sad and pensive.

Lottie's mum could only take her out for an hour though, I couldn't do it. I didn't give birth to ds to pack him off at 8, maybe at 13 when puberty sets in though so someone else has to deal with the hormones

imgine watching it back and seeing your child having to hug another mum for comfort
I would feel so guilty.
wish that mum had returned the hug more

If you decide to use private education is boarding the only option? DH said there were hardly any day pupils when he went. That was about 30 years ago though.