How do I get my parents to let me go to a boarding school?

How can i get my parents to let me go to boarding school?

• I moved to china from australia a few years ago, and i like it here and everything but i miss everything back in Australia so much. My school is not the best school, i am happy there and there's no problem but i think it would be beneficial for me to go back. In the Australian system I'm in year 9 (halfway through high school) and i am a good student and everything. The standard of education i would be getting in australia is better than here, and it will provide me with more opportunities for me to take in my senior years at school. I would be going back to Australia in a year anyways, but i wanna go back now. My parents are fine with me leaving to go, and they can afford it and everything, in fact i was going to leave last year. Everytime i am close to leaving, i feel really bad for my parents. They always say im not spending enough time with them, when i rarely go out... its quite strange... and whenever i mention it i cant help thinking they think i want to leave to be away from them NOT the case, they drive me crazy sometimes, but i love them. I also have two little sisters who my parents like to have help with, and my little sister gets so sad whenever i mention leaving, even though half the time she is mad with me ahaha, and as much as i wanna go and have tried to convince them the reasons i wanna go, i don't think they believe me, and i feel bad and get upset and end up staying. I think it would be a great opportunity to go to boarding school, but i dont know how to tell my parents without making them think i wanna leave them thanks soo much, sorry the questions so long, i didnt want any confusion and its kinda complicated so yeahh

• Answer:

  I think you should just have a long conversation with your parents about the whole issue. Make it clear to them (as you have here) that you aren't trying to get away from your family and you'd miss them like crazy, but you think you'll have a better education and better educational opportunities in Australia. Plus it would only be for a year and then your family will be reunited again. I think parents need to be more sensitive to how disruptive it is to teenagers to leave their friends and change schools in the middle of high school. It happens all the time with corporate transfers and military relocations, but it's hard for teens to always be the new kid at school.