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K&R treestar Jun 2014 #1
du rec. xchrom Jun 2014 #2
I was going to argue against this... Chan790 Jun 2014 #3
FDR went to boarding school. Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #4
He also had polio. sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #7
It hit him in 1921, when he was 39 years old. JHB Jun 2014 #18
He also had Eleanor. Downwinder Jun 2014 #23
Some general exceptions probably apply Bibliovore Jun 2014 #5
Boarding School damage Legender75 Jun 2014 #6
of course. You were 5. cali Jun 2014 #10
The article in the OP is about sending young children to boarding school. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #16
the article title does NOT say that it's about young children and most people cali Jun 2014 #22
Subtitle: "The elite tradition is to send children away at a young age to be educated." csziggy Jun 2014 #28
Surely you read beyond the title before responding. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #29
Thanks for sharing your insight Kber Jun 2014 #17
Emotionally damaged, parentally rejected children grow to be bad leaders? Generic Brad Jun 2014 #8
sure- if you send a kid away at age 7 to 12 or 14, but beyond that? cali Jun 2014 #9
Not to mention the smaller boys get raped a lot. AngryAmish Jun 2014 #11
Welcome to DU, Legender 75 ~ Love that old time wisdom toby jo Jun 2014 #12
Interesting. Romney and Bush also seem to spooky3 Jun 2014 #13
JFK went to Choate cali Jun 2014 #14
There are always exceptions and statistically, spooky3 Jun 2014 #19
uh, how do you know these are the exceptions. it's nonsense to make that claim cali Jun 2014 #20
The author has been studying and working with spooky3 Jun 2014 #24
yes, children who are sent away to school at a very young age. not the same thing as cali Jun 2014 #30
John Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kerry went to boarding schools. former9thward Jun 2014 #15
K&R woo me with science Jun 2014 #21
The true problem is the idea that the wealthy and privileged are born to rule BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #25
...and to have as little as possible to do with their offspring Warpy Jun 2014 #31
I think there is a huge difference between a 7 year old being sent off pnwmom Jun 2014 #26
Exactly. The article and the documentry linked- which I watched as well, detail the vanlassie Jun 2014 #27
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