Discuss going to private school openly and frankly. Maybe it's something you have been planning for years. Perhaps you have finally come to the same conclusion many of us have, namely, that private schools offer an educational opportunity which your child deserves. In any case, your child needs to buy into the idea completely and enthusiastically. She has to think it is her idea.
What do you want?
As a parent you are looking ahead to your son's future. You instinctively want him to have a better education than you had. You want to shield him from some of the pressures and stresses you felt at his age. You want him to be happy and successful. All those thoughts are wonderful. But that's not what you son is thinking about.
What does he want?
He wants a life. He wants to study subjects which interest him. He wants to play lots of sports. He wants friends. He wants to go to exciting places. He wants to fit in.
How do you strike a compromise?
Fortunately for both of you, private schools offer programs which will satisfy both of you. Not 100%, but pretty close. Here's why.
Private schools offer a balanced approach to three things:
- academics
sports
enrichment
