Boarding Schools

That's a middle class+ dilemma. 

I would rather have not lived at home in poverty with my very unhappy parents and mentally unstable mother and gone to the roughest schools in the city in order to receive a very poor education whilst being severely bullied.

B said:

That's a middle class+ dilemma. 

It wasn't solely that in my childhood. The local education authority in London had a boarding school on Hayling Island, off Southampton, which it used for children with asthma. They sent me there, to autistic hell.

Alexa said:

The local education authority in London had a boarding school on Hayling Island, off Southampton, which it used for children with asthma. They sent me there, to autistic hell.

I live near there and didn't know that history. 

I am so sorry you suffered there.

My mother was sent to a school for 'delicate' children and was routinely locked in cupboards.

Alexa said:

Being autistic probably makes things worse,  as it's more difficult to become one of the crowd rather than a target.

I agree.

B said:

Actually, I don't think I've ever read a member of this forum say that they had a happy childhood.

To be honest, I don't think happy childhoods are common. Being autistic probably makes things worse,  as it's more difficult to become one of the crowd rather than a target.

Alexa said:

My mother was probably a narcissist or had something else. Whatever it was, she, also, made my life hell, so I sympathise with your difficulties. 

Ditto.

Actually, I don't think I've ever read a member of this forum say that they had a happy childhood.

I don't know if that's significant or whether it's simply not come up for someone to talk about.

Any of us who were bullied at school know its effects. I'm sorry you had a bad deal at school and a difficlt home life. My mother was probably a narcissist or had something else. Whatever it was, she, also, made my life hell, so I sympathise with your difficulties. 

Any of us who were bullied at school know its effects. I'm sorry you had a bad deal at school and a difficlt home life. My mother was probably a narcissist or had something else. Whatever it was, she, also, made my life hell, so I sympathise with your difficulties. 

Alexa said:

Being autistic probably makes things worse,  as it's more difficult to become one of the crowd rather than a target.

I agree.

B said:

Actually, I don't think I've ever read a member of this forum say that they had a happy childhood.

To be honest, I don't think happy childhoods are common. Being autistic probably makes things worse,  as it's more difficult to become one of the crowd rather than a target.

Alexa said:

My mother was probably a narcissist or had something else. Whatever it was, she, also, made my life hell, so I sympathise with your difficulties. 

Ditto.

Actually, I don't think I've ever read a member of this forum say that they had a happy childhood.

I don't know if that's significant or whether it's simply not come up for someone to talk about.