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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that pulling her would be a bad idea. Tell her, if it is real bad to talk to a counselor, no doubt they have plenty of experience in this matter.

But also consider that different people have different levels of i.dependence, especially.at this age. My son loved any time spent away from home. He would go on 3 week backpacking trips without blinking an eye, or sleep away camps and never feel homesick. He went off to college and has been home maybe 3 months total in the three years he has been away, mostly in the first year.

My DD on the other hand has always wanted to stay home more. When she was thirteen she went to camp and called three days in homesick and begging to come home. Eventually she enjoyed the experience, but never went away to camp after that. We are now tryi.g to psych her up for college and struggling! It just depends.

She is glad we didnt allow her to leave that camp, but she learned that she just isnt that interested in running off and not being around familiar surroundings.

The only problem is that I think she sees how independent DS is and is sometimes jelous, but we try to stress that they are different people, which is importent for most parents to understand; each kid is different and you have to find out how best to parent each individual kid.[/quote]

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