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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No
Your DS is way over estimating what being away from home and being taken care of by parents is like. Yes, he will be with their family but culturally that will be very different and he will be alone while his friend understands the language and culture and won’t have the same issues. The mom will parent her DS but she won’t really want to deal and parent yours and I promise she is expecting him to act and be like an adult. You could ask the family for a trial run and have your DS stay with them for a whole week 24/7. If they ball, think about the fact they are saying they would love to have him 24/7 for a month. How do think that is going to work if they can’t even do a week in the US?

Yes acknowledge to your DS how great this sounds, but reinforce what sounds great on paper doesn’t come to fruition and every before trip presentation is perfect and every actual trip is full of bumps and snags never seen on the presentation.

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Or it could go amazingly and he could have a great trip and have an experience that leads to a love of world travel.

I grew up in a family that allowed us to explore and to be independent. We kids traveled extensively, often without adults - most of you would probably report my parents to CPS. It was a wonderful life - led to years more of global exploration. I would say thought that since my parents valued independence - they taught us how to be independent and responsible at a young age. We weren't sheltered, helicoptered kids shoved out into the big world.  [/quote]

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