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Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow,New
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An insightful and powerful look at the magic of summer campand why it is so important for children to be away from home . . . if only for a little while.In an age when its the rare child who walks to school on his own, the thought of sending your little ones off to sleepaway camp can be overwhelmingfor you and for them. But parents first instinctto shelter their offspring above all elseis actually depriving kids of the major developmental milestones that occur through letting them goand watching them come back transformed.In Homesick and Happy, renowned child psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, shares a strong argument for, and a vital guide to, this brief loosening of ties. A great champion of summer camp, he explains how camp ushers your children into a thrilling world offering an environment that most of us at home cannot: an electronicsfree zone, a multigenerational community, meaningful daily rituals like group meals and cabin cleanup, and a place where time simply slows down. In the buggy woods, icy swims, campfire singalongs, and daring adventures, children have emotionally significant and characterbuilding experiences; they often grow in ways that surprise even themselves; they make lifelong memories and cherished friends.Thompson shows how children who are away from their parents can be both homesick and happy, scared and successful, anxious and exuberant. When kids go to campfor a week, a month, or the whole summerthey can experience some of the greatest maturation of their lives, and return more independent, strong, and healthy.
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