The pros of sending your children to different schools

When it comes to our families, no decision is easy. And when it comes to the education of our children, sometimes it can pay to explore options that are less than ideal. While having children at the same school offers a clear convenience, children can often be compared to each other and fall into one another’s shadow, creating a string of drawbacks.

Sending your children to different schools offers the ability for their individual personalities to shine. They are never presented with being so-and-so’s younger sister or brother, and therefore have a less competitive nature in them. This enables each child to shine in their own true merits.

Children have different skills sets to each other. A benefit of your children being at different schools is treating them as individuals and focusing on each of their skill sets. How can one school suit all? Some children can become lost in the system, and have more specific needs than others. Learning difficulties may be present in one child and not the other, and being at different schools allows for unique learning experiences.

Children can be lazy we all know. And sometimes a younger sibling can become reliant on an older sibling. Separating children allows for them to foster their own independence. With different classes and assignments, there is no chance of the handing down of work from previous years to the younger sibling.

All siblings can understand the struggle of having to share things, such as bedrooms, toys and clothes. Sending your child to a different school will allow each child to form friendships of their own and overall achieve a sense of ownership that they seek from time to time.

For some families with both sons and daughters, sending your children to different schools may become the inevitable if you choose to send one of them to a same sex school.

The decision is not an easy one. You may simply choose to send your children to different schools because they want to pursue different specialties or take up different opportunities. Either way, feel confident with the decision you make.

How Edstart can help you

Whether your children attend the same school or attend different schools, Edstart will be able to help.

Edstart can provide families with a solution that will enable them to pay for tuition fees at their own capacity, over a longer and more manageable period of time. The effect of government funding changes will not be as hard on parents as they are able to lighten their financial load while their child is still at school.

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