This episode explores the impact of boarding schools on those who attend them. It is an important issue not only because to the damaging effect that it can have on individuals, but also because a significant number of ex-boarders attain significant power and influence. It could be argued that the trauma that they have suffered has a far wider impact
Morag Edwards is an ideal person to discuss all of this. She was a pupil at a co-educational boarding school in Scotland from 1965 to 1971. She also worked as an educational psychologist for over thirty years, with a career focus on children who had experienced early relationship trauma and neglect. She has written about her experience of boarding school under the author name Isobel Ross. The book is titled 'Almost Boys – The Psychology of Co-Ed Boarding in the 1960s' handsets her experience within a framework of developmental psychology, attachment theory and ACEs: ‘The publication of ‘Almost Boys’ introduced Morag to other ex-boarders questioning the existence of boarding education within our current knowledge of developmental psychology and attachment theory. Morag now aims to use her professional background to help others understand the psychological implications of early boarding on young children. She also writes historical fiction under the name Morag Edwards. The latest novel in her Jacobite Trilogy, The Jacobite’s Heir, will be published by Bloodhound Books in September 2025. She also writes contemporary fiction as Isobel Ross. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Almost-Boys-Psychology-Co-ed-Boarding- ebook/dp/B0CRLF8M6L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ULU0GK14SN8Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Its WHUAcbwLlFfk-
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Morag has been closely involved with Seen & Heard https://seenheard.org.uk/ who work to support those affected by their boarding school experience and the influence boarding schools to address the issues raised by Morag in this podcast