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Parallels of dropping your child at university with boarding school.
This September I made the long drive from Brighton to Edinburgh to take my eldest daughter to University for the first time. We could...
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Amelia White
- Jul 28
- 5 min
"Were you abused at boarding school?"
In 2019, 4 former teachers and the chaplain from the boarding school I went to were jailed for sexual abuse. I could name you several...
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Amelia White
- Jul 12
- 4 min
Relationships with parents......and Harry Styles...
A few weekends ago I spent the night with my teenage daughter and 90,000 others at Wembley Stadium watching Harry Styles perform. This...
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Amelia White
- Jun 30
- 4 min
Groups - Love them or loathe them?
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...
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Amelia White
- May 16
- 3 min
The Travel bug.....or the search for belonging?
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...
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Amelia White
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Did going to boarding school help me to run a marathon?
This Sunday was Brighton Marathon. The sun shone and the city came alive as residents came out to support and cheer on the runners. As a...
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Amelia White
- Mar 15
- 2 min
What type of Survival Personality did you embrace at boarding school?
This week, those taking part in my Boarding School Awareness Course started to recognise how they adapted themselves to fit in with their...
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Amelia White
- Jan 23
- 4 min
How do children manage puberty in boarding school?
Going through puberty is a difficult time for teenagers. Your body starts to change, hairs start sprouting, you start to sweat more,...
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Amelia White
- Jan 3
- 3 min
How might intimate relationships be impacted by Boarding School Trauma?
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...
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Amelia White
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
What age did you leave home?
When I first did my counselling training and we were exploring Human Growth and Development, I recall the Tutor asking us, "What age did...
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Amelia White
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
How having Covid switched back on my Survival Personality...
When my lateral flow test was positive and my children's tests were negative, we made the decision for my children to spend the ten days...
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Amelia White
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Do you give yourself permission to be ill?
At the end of last week, I tested positive for Covid 19. I then found myself having to tell friends, family, clients, students and all...
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Amelia White
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Would you choose to put your child in Care?
Joy Schaverien has noted that that the definition of children in care seems to fit the child in boarding school. (Boarding School...
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Amelia White
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
"I wouldn't send a dog to Boarding School aged 7." (John Bowlby - Founder of Attachment Theory).
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory explains the impact that early childhood relationships and experiences have on our development. He...
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Amelia White
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
How busy are you?
Present-day Boarding School websites proudly tell parents that their timetable of constant activities, especially in the first few weeks...
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Amelia White
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
How was your First Day at School?
What are your memories of your first day at school? Many ex-boarders can find this question hard to answer. Often it can take time to...
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Amelia White
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
A Bereaved Child.
Many young children will be feeling "homesick" over these next few weeks as they are left by their parents to begin life at their new...
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Amelia White
- Sep 16, 2021
- 1 min
What does September evoke for you?
Many ex-boarders have spoken of a level of melancholy that comes over them at this time of year. A grief. Their body is reminding them of...
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