This Sunday is Mother’s Day which is often seen as a day filled with love, appreciation, and celebration. But for many ex-boarders, it can be a com...

At this time of year, you may be receiving invitations to return to your old boarding school to revisit, celebrate and meet up with fellow old pupils ...

My colleague Sara Warner and I provided a training day for Therapists in London who wanted to understand more about the ways boarding school may have ...

This morning I received a message from my 18-year-old daughter who is currently partying away at the Full Moon Party in Thailand. "I think I'll be rea...

Last weekend I went to Edinburgh for a wedding with a group of friends I have made at my local CrossFit gym. It was planned months ago and as it appro...

A few weekends ago I spent the night with my teenage daughter and 90,000 others at Wembley Stadium watching Harry Styles perform. This was planned for...

This September I made the long drive from Brighton to Edinburgh to take my eldest daughter to University for the first time. We could have taken the t...

Present-day Boarding School websites proudly tell parents that their timetable of constant activities, especially in the first few weeks of term, leav...

Joy Schaverien has noted that that the definition of children in care seems to fit the child in boarding school. (Boarding School Syndrome, 2015)

"Lo...

When I first did my counselling training and we were exploring Human Growth and Development, I recall the Tutor asking us, "What age did you leave hom...

It was the Brighton Marathon. The sun shone and the city came alive as residents came out to support and cheer on the runners. As a young child, I use...

To cope with the huge attachment loss that a child is subjected to at an early age when they are sent to boarding school, many children learn to cut o...