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[quote=Anonymous]I guess my question would be: what was your goal in sending her? To teach her about building houses? To have a service trip for college applications? To teach her about leadership, teamwork, perseverance? If it’s the first two, then you’ve accomplished your goal, and she can come home. She is old enough to learn to play nice with mean girls. She will be experiencing them for the rest of her life, much as she will the drudgery of doing things you’re not that interested in doing. For me, there is more value in having her stay than coming home. There are leadership and self reflection lessons here. This isn’t a safety issue, like being at a party where the kids are drinking. In that case there is more value in showing her that you will back her up when times are tough. But needing to rescue her just because she’s unhappy, or the situation wasn’t what she expected? That would be a non starter for me. [/quote]
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