BOARDING SCHOOL OR DAY SCHOOL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 24 December 1925, Page 13

BOARDING SCHOOL OR DAY SCHOOL.

Miss eight-year-old, particularly if she is an 'only child, might derive considerable benefit from being sent, to a good boarding school. Home life is not always the training ground for the * solitary youngster. Insufficient rest (she has her own ideas about bed-time), unsuitable food, and over-excitement are frequently her lot. for it is difficult to cater exclusively for Hie small daiighiei in these days, and she “lives in” with the grown ups far more than is good for her. Only the super-child of super-parents escapes being spoilt in such an environment, and the only child is frequently more than a little “difficult. But “eight-years-old” at boarding school runs little risk of being spoilt With the insouciance of extreme youth she soon “shakes down” amongst her school fellows, and constant association with well-conducted, youngsters rubs down any “corners'’ she may have begun to develop. Ihe healthy regime of the school house regular hours and exercise, and the plain, wholesome food prescribed lor school girl have their beneficial effect on her physique. Even more important, however, is tho sturdiness of character the only child develops in her new environment. A term or two. and “mother s baby is standiim >quarolv on her own small feet. She’ has learnt to accept the rough with tho smooth, to give and take with Ker fellows, and. though she votes it a “bore,” to concede to disciplirie with n good grace. In short, she is a healthy, well-balanced little member of society, with a poise and self-reliance foreign to her contemporaries in the nursery. Why not send Babs to boarding school after the Christmas teim.