I'm SOOO sad.

[mainewmn]

My 15 DS went away this morning to a private boarding school. I am so sad and I miss him so much! He’s only gone for a till tomorrow night but this is just the beginning and next year he will be there all the time and only come home once a month for a long weekend. I can’t stop crying and I so sad but also happy and proud at the same time. And on top of this my 13 DS is gone to his friends house for the night. I’m just not sure what to do with myself, I miss my baby boys! Life was so much easier when they wore little and I could keep them close to me at all times.

 

[kasar]

Aw, you go right ahead and cry all you want. You're a lot braver than I would be, that's for sure.

Is this a prep school?

 

[MinnyGranny62]

Have a good cry and then think of happy thoughts.
Kids sure do grow up fast as mine are all grown and gone.
But now the Grandkids come. Have a good night.

 

[Twinkles6892]

I see that you're in Maine, did he go to MSSM by any chance?

 

[mudnuri]

is this a private highschool or something?

Brandy

 

[holycow]

Can I ask a question? Why are you sending him away to boarding school if you will miss him so much?

I do know how you feel ...when my DS goes to scout camp or away it is awfully quiet in the house!

Holycow

 

[momof3disneyholics]

Why are you sending him away? Why would anyone send their child that is only 15 away to a boarding school? I love my kids way too much to see them only on the weekends.

 

[ADisneygirl]

I'm sorry you're so sad. It would be too painful to me to send my kids to boarding school, even if I thought it would be good for them! When my daughter went off to college I thought I'd never stop crying. I was so glad I still had the son starting high school.

Maybe you are having second thoughts about him attending?

 

[chris1gill]

I'm sorry It's very hard.... Our son is 10, but we are already looking for an Independent school that will allow him to go as a day student.. Is the school local to you? Perhaps he could go as a day student as opposed to boarding?

 

[minniecarousel]

Wow! It's hard enough when mine left for college. I imagine it's very difficult to have a 15 year-old leave home!

Hang in there.

 

[Pop Daddy]

hey..

 

[Jeanny]

WOW, if you're this upset and he's just gone overnight, you'll be a mess when he leaves for college. We're here for you!

 

[minnie56]

My 'baby' just began University this past Fall and though she's 45mins away and I see her often, I couldn't bear the thought of her having done this at that tender age. I know some of her friends are a lot younger and are strugglinh with being away from home as are the Mum's!

Both of my DD's went to Private School from JK right through to the finish...but I would never have considered Boarding School..just my thoughts..

 

[KAMLEM]

Why are you sending him away? I could never do it.

 

[pixiemomma]

Why are you sending him away? Why would anyone send their child that is only 15 away to a boarding school? I love my kids way too much to see them only on the weekends.

Some of those schools have ties to the very best universities in this country. I imagine she wants her child to recieve the best education possible. When my child turns 15 and a prep school puts him closer to an Ivy league college, I think it would be selfish of me to deprive him of that chance.

for the OP!

 

[mainewmn]

Thank you everyone for your support and wishes. To those that inquired. He is extremely advanced in school and his regular HS just doesn’t offer him the options he is looking for, so he wanted to go try this school (yes it is MSSM) to see if it had what he is looking for and unfortunately for me but fortunately for him it was everything he as hoping it will be. So he came back and pleated and begged DH and I to let him go. It breaks my heart but I know it’s a chance of a lifetime for him to go there and that he will get education that he can’t around here, but the fact that my 15 year old baby is going away still breaks momma’s heart. Yes I am very proud of my little boy, and by the time he graduates from this HS he will have at least 1 year of college already completed but the fact I only get to see him on vacations and once a month is difficult on me. However I will let him go because that’s what he wants to do and because I believe in his choices, however I will let him go with lots of tears and a promise of nightly emails. I just never thought I would have to let my baby go this quickly.

Once again thank you for the hugs and well wishes. God knows I need it now.

ETA: this school is 6 hour drive away from us so going as a day student is out of the question.

 

[DisTeach1]

Is this something that is done in the Eastern part of the country? Out here in California, no one sends there kids away to boarding school or cares about Ivy league. Or maybe I just don't run in the right crowds. I don't know.

 

[mainewmn]

LOL, no its something a family with a very talented youngster dose to give him a leg up, its something you do to keep your very talented youngster interested in school because his regular HS just doesn’t cut it. It something a parent dose when their kid comes to them and asks you can you help me do this, because its what he really wants.

 

[kasar]

Hey, you don't need to explain yourself! You're doing what's right for your family and for your son, that's all you need to worry about.

Best of luck to your son and to you, too. Sounds like he's going to be where he needs to be.

 

[chrissyk]

Why are you sending him away? Why would anyone send their child that is only 15 away to a boarding school? I love my kids way too much to see them only on the weekends.

Sending your child to a private boarding school doesn't mean that you don't love them!! My high school was a boarding school, although I was a day student. That place was wonderful...what a great opportunity my parents gave us by sending us there. If we'd had to be boarders because we lived too far away, I'm sure that they would have found a way to deal.

OP, which school is it? I'm wondering if it's my old school. If it is, he's in for a wonderful education and a wonderful experience in general