| You are considering a private school. Why is | | | | to handle peer pressure, but feel that there |
| that? If you believe that by sticking your | | | | is too much danger where they are |
| child in a private school that things will | | | | nonetheless? |
| just get better for them, you may be making a | | | | |
| big mistake. That is, you should send your | | | | Will your child react that this private |
| child to a private school only if it is going | | | | school is a punishment or will you try to |
| to benefit him, not you. Many parents decide | | | | explain to them that this will help them to |
| that secluding their child in this type of | | | | become a better student? |
| school will allow them to do better and avoid | | | | |
| the problems that teens face. Yet, what you | | | | Does the private school provide for the |
| do not know is that they are probably going | | | | academics you need your child to have, the |
| to face then anyway.Drugs, alcohol, sex, and | | | | type of discipline that you believe in and |
| other teen pressures will happen no matter | | | | the means to enforce it? |
| where they go and what they do. Instead of | | | | |
| making a private school a punishment or a way | | | | Will you still commit to helping your child |
| to try and shield them from this, deal with | | | | through the problems they face, one on one |
| these problems and then determine if this | | | | even if they are not at a school locally? |
| type of educational environment is right for | | | | |
| your child.When Is It Right?To know when your | | | | What do you really want to accomplish from |
| child may be better off in a private school, | | | | the private setting? Is this realistic? |
| ask yourself these questions. | | | | |
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| | | | Take some time to determine what a private |
| Do you feel that the school that they are | | | | school really can offer your child. In most |
| currently in is not capable of providing the | | | | cases, they will still be faced with all the |
| academics that you feel are necessary for | | | | temptations that other teens are. Making the |
| your child? | | | | right choice can happen if you to talk to |
| | | | your child, their teachers and your spouse. |
| Have you tried to work with your teen on how | | | | |