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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes to this. Why would you spend a good part of the summer away only to come back and send your youngest off for a year?
I can't get away from thinking that this is a terrible idea for a kid who has been through so much the last couple years ( and her whole life).However, I am hoping the host family is amazing and that maybe this will end up being great for Remy. It's the mentality of the mother I can't fathom. And why the new car?
In a practical sense, I would not want my child abroad over this winter. Spain won't have the heating crisis due to warm climate, but there is a lot of unrest brewing and things can spread. Couple this with the fact ( mentioned before ) that there can be racism found outside the U.S.A., believe it or not.
Why do this?[/quote]

I think this has been in the works long before the winter's heating crisis could have been predicted, almost a full year of paperwork, etc. It would be hard to tell a kid no based on a vague assumption of something that MIGHT happen, so I'm not going to fault a parent for letting it go on as planned. My understanding of exchange programs is that if things start looking dicey she would be pulled out of there pretty quickly.

As far as the summer ME camp goes, it seems odd, but Remy was off at her own camp for the majority of the time so it seems like the only thing it really says is that the Hatmakers aren't crushed for money.

I hope this is a great year for Remy. It sounds like something she really wanted and worked towards. Clearly she has no issues with being independent if she's already experienced month-long camps away from family. Even IF she were on the ASD spectrum, there are so many different ways that presents. One thing I've learned from parenting my own ASD kid/adult is to never make assumptions about what they can handle if they are motivated enough. It may be as simple as making sure her host family knows that she likes a fairly predictable routine. that doesn't mean conforming to her routine, it just means they paired her with a family that isn't prone to changing everything around at the last minute.[/quote]

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