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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I also would not go get a homesick kid from camp unless they were really struggling. Just like adults, kids need the opportunities to overcome hard things. Of course there are lots of other opportunities in life to overcome obstacles, but this is the spot your kid is in now, and you want to show faith in him so he has faith in himself.

My kid went to camp and was homesick and didn’t love it. We got a few sad letters. He decided it was okay enough that he’d go again. He did, and it was harder and he liked it even less. So we called it quits, and he didn’t go again. But he talked about the experience all the time, and the things he had overcome (like sleeping on the trail under a tarp in the rain). To this day he laughs ruefully about it, but he wouldn’t change it.

He’s 15 now and I am about to put him on a plane alone to go to a camp he has chosen and wants to go to, 5 years after his lasts experience. He is nervous but knows he can do this, because he got through the hardship before.

I hope your kid is now having a great time. He probably is. But even if it ends up being a mixed bag, like it was for my son, there is still tremendous value and growth than can come of it.[/quote]

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