The boarding school has the advantage of preserving the child's all-important home ties, even if in slightly attenuated form, and, since it forms part of the ordinary social pattern of most Western communities today , the child who goes to boarding-school will not feel different from other children.
Kostskolen har den fordel at bevare barnets altafgørende bånd til hjemmet, eventuelt i lidt svækket form, og da det er en del af det almindelige sociale mønster i de fleste vestlige samfund i dag , vil et barn, der går på kostskole ikke føle sig anderledes.