| Many families are interested in the services | | | | provide information. If such opportunities are |
| provided by boarding schools. Some families with | | | | unavailable, the school may be able to offer |
| strong faith lives are particularly interested in the | | | | additional ideas or insights. |
| potential of a Christian boarding school to help | | | | If a tuition waiver, payment plan or scholarship is |
| address the needs of their troubled teens. While | | | | unavailable from the Christian boarding school, |
| these institutions often do work wonders, many | | | | parents will need to decide if they can raise the |
| people wonder if they can actually afford an | | | | necessary funds through some other measure. |
| education at one of these schools. | | | | This invariably forces a difficult choice that boils |
| It's a reasonable question. The schools aren't | | | | down to assessing the potential value of |
| cheap. In fact, many of the schools may cost as | | | | improving the life of a troubled teen against the |
| much, if not considerably more, than a good | | | | family's overall financial strength. That's a difficult |
| private university. While many families try to | | | | choice to make and it involves the assessment of |
| prepare for college expenses, they don't make | | | | many different factors. If the family decides that |
| plans to set aside additional funds to send a | | | | it is well worth the financial stress, they'll want to |
| troubled teen to a Christian boarding school. | | | | consider borrowing the money. |
| Additionally, in many cases, families are already | | | | Traditional bank loans may be an offer. When |
| suffering from the financial costs associated with | | | | they're not, one may consider a home equity loan |
| their children's behavior. Rehabilitation expenses, | | | | or some other method of securing financing. In |
| legal expenses and other costs may have already | | | | some cases, getting the money necessary to |
| depleted a significant percentage of their savings. | | | | send a child to a Christian boarding school may |
| That's the bad news. The good news is that it | | | | involve little more than a single trip to the bank. |
| may still be possible to afford a Christian boarding | | | | For others, digging up the necessary resources |
| school. Initially, it's worth noting that many of | | | | can be a time-consuming process. |
| these institutions offer special scholarships and | | | | Deciding whether one can afford a Christian |
| financial considerations for those in need of | | | | boarding school is difficult. In some cases, special |
| services who lack the funds to enroll their children. | | | | programs may make an affirmative answer easy. |
| Anyone interested in sending a child to a boarding | | | | In others, it may require some soul-searching and |
| school should discuss the possibility of utilizing | | | | some financial gymnastics to cover the bill. |
| these options with the school. They'll be happy to | | | | |