<p>I have finally gotten in to BS, but now I have another problem. The school is close enough to home to go home most weekends, but my parents are divorced, and literally fighting over me. My mom and I want me to go over my dads house one weekend and my dads the next, but he can't just go with that, he wants me to be at his house for one day and moms the next (URGH), how can I convince him that it would be easier and better to go to his house one weekend and my moms the next?</p>
<p>I think the perfect solution is that you spend a lot of weekends at your boarding school and enjoy the social activiities. It's fine to go home occasionally, but you will lose a lot of the experience (sports etc) if you go home every weekend. That said, try to avoid getting caught up in your parents' fighting. Which plan makes the most sense for YOU? I would say one weekend at home, with perhaps an additional Sunday during the month, is plenty.</p>
<p>Wiil you be playing on any sports teams? There are often games on the weekend and you won't be able to go home on Sat....</p>
<p>MomofWildChild: I would love to do that, but there is no way that they would let me, though I will still try.</p>
<p>Warriorboy648: I will be doing Reggata in the fall and Softball in the spring, so that is a good argument. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Does your school have Saturday classes? Does your school have open and closed weekends? (Meaning on closed weekends, you remain at school?) What about your mom and/or dad visiting you once per month - they take turns - and then you visit one weekend per month the OTHER parent, leaving you two weekends per month at school. I have found that when I visit my daughter at BS she is almost too busy with school activities, games, events, that it is hard for me to get much one-on-one time with her. I can't imagine her leaving school each weekend to come home, even if we lived close (which we don't).</p>
<p>It does have closed weekends (about once a month) and I think that I could be able to convince at least my mom that I should stay on campus. I had never even thought of that, but it is something that I would really like to do. Hopefully they will go for me coming home twice and that is it. I think I will write them a letter...Thanks!</p>
<p>I believe you are going to the same school as my son ( if all goes well with revisits). You can not go home during closed weekends and I think there are a couple in Sept alone. You should also pick up a winter sport because then most of your Sat will be taken up with games. They can take turns coming to watch you play.</p>
<p>What school are you talking about for your son? If you don't want to say it on the forum you can PM me.</p>
<p>My older son came home almost every w/e as a freshman and sophomore (we live an hour away). He played a sport every season and we just brought him home after the Saturday game...we went to all away games, as well. He stayed on closed w/e, as required, and occasionally if there was something special going on.
My younger son comes home frequently, but not quite as much as older brother did. We also attend his athletic events and often bring him home after Saturday games.<br>
Jazlyn, I would discuss this w/your parents because there will be w/e when you want to stay; the school has a lot of fun activities on w/e's and when you do go home, you will really want to rest and not have to spend every w/e shuttling from place to place. Try to gently explain this need to just stay in one place and rest to your dad.</p>