I had the intuition that it was important to get my DS out of the house at age 13 because his 'black and white' thinking was allowing him to blame all his woes on 'mom and dad.' I wanted him to get into a bigger world where he was in a more responsibly position and had more of a sense of being free to determine his own fate. And I wanted the structure and support of a 'snoopy' boarding school.
This is exactly my son right now. I've been thinking about the summer inst. at Davidson, (when he is old enough)to put him out in the world a little. I was hoping it would help him appreciate his home/family more and get him ready for college/the world. (It sound funny that he is 10 and I'm talking about college) I think he will need few baby step before we do Reno.
I do think his science teacher may be helping. She seems to really be pushing the kids to a new level in many ways.
