About this Book
This book asks whether boarding has sometimes become an automatic reward for good grades or a substitute for strong families and excellent schools near home. It considers prestige, discipline, mobility, school unrest, hidden phones, drugs, emotional distress, fires, and the urgent need for family–community formation.
Key Questions
What forms a child well? When does residential schooling help? When does it hide a family or community gap?
Themes
boarding school; family formation; school unrest; parenting; adolescence; community education
Table of Contents
Preface; The question of schooling and formation; Family, community, and institutional responsibility; Practical questions for leaders and parents; A closing call to build for the next generation.