Books to Read (Parents) - Homesick & Happy

This is an older book that I just discovered recently - but think it is a great read for parents.  

Author Michael Thompson writes that parents' first instinct- to shelter their offspring above all else- is actually depriving kids of the major developmental milestones that occur through letting them go and watching them come back transformed. 

That doesn't just have to be summer camp, although that is the focus of this book. It could be visits with grandparents, trips with friends, or anything that separates kids from their parents. Thompson shows how children who are away from their parents can be "both homesick and happy, scared and successful, anxious and exuberant."   It's a quick and easy read that can help parents feel good about letting go and fostering independence in their kids. 


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