The emotions that come with being a boarder – and equally, a boarding family – are a bit like learning how to dance the tango….. lots of dips and turns. As a boarder living away from home, you’re thrown in the deep end of learning how to understand, voice and overcome challenging emotions.
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Welcome to Destination Boarding Season 2
We’ve been busy with our live events and launching our online expo Boarding Expo 365, but here we finally are! This season we welcome BSEA Director Amanda Ferrari to the pod studio, along with Jennifer Cowley OAM. Jen and Amanda bring different perspectives to their interviews with boarding parents, ex-students, community leaders and industry experts….
How to open up the conversation around mental health with your boarder
I imagine that as a parent, it’s with a heavy heart that you worry for your child’s wellbeing, it’s with angst that you wonder if they feel as though they belong and it’s with curiosity that you navigate the adolescent experience by their side. More often than I would like, I speak with parents who…
