DEAR HARRIETTE: Our daughter needs to go away for a study-abroad program this summer time.
She is in highschool, and her solely actual expertise being away from house is the occasional sleepover and typically spending every week together with her grandparents.
Sure, my husband and I are very protecting of her. Plus, she hasn’t expressed curiosity in summer time camp or different sleepaway actions, so that they haven’t occurred. A few of her different buddies have carried out this stuff. She hasn’t talked about it somehow. I figured she wasn’t eager about touring.
I simply can’t think about her exploring an entire new nation and being away for over a month!
She’s 16 and actually vivid, and I acknowledge why she’s . I’m simply anxious about whether or not it is going to be an excessive amount of for her.
School is simply two years away, and I need to wait till then, however I additionally don’t need to rob her of particular experiences both. Any ideas?
— Too Quickly To Journey
DEAR TOO SOON TO TRAVEL: Earlier than you say no, perform some research.
Sometimes, highschool study-abroad applications are very effectively organized. The varsity works with a program that units up all the logistics, and it’s regular for a number of of the instructors from the college to journey with the scholars. A lot to the scholars’ chagrin, their actions are carefully monitored from day to nighttime.
Whereas your little one might simply get lonely over this prolonged time period, the journey itself will certainly be thrilling and will present the required distraction to maintain the loneliness from turning into debilitating.
Speak to your faculty administrator and fogeys of scholars who’ve participated in this system up to now. Assess as many variables as you’ll be able to earlier than making a choice.
Most necessary: Speak to your daughter. Discover out why she needs to go, what pursuits her in this system and what she hopes to realize from the journey. Take heed to her to find her motivation.
Assess all of that information, after which determine. I like to recommend it.
DEAR HARRIETTE: Relating to the kid who damage his ankle at college: You in all probability don’t spend time in a classroom and might not be conversant in guidelines for dealing with ache and damage.
If a baby claims to have ache, it’s presupposed to be handled, each for the kid’s instant welfare and to keep away from authorized problems sooner or later. Faculty nurses typically have a algorithm for the instructor’s reference to make use of when deciding whether or not to ship the kid to the nurse or deal with it within the classroom.
School rooms continuously have adhesive bandages for small cuts and typically have ice packs. Ice packs are additionally out there from the nurse.
I imagine the principal needs to be instructed about this incident; the instructor may have a refresher in dealing with accidents. The medical data will again up what the mother or father is saying.
— Within the Know
DEAR IN THE KNOW: Thanks for this clarification. Hopefully any mother and father of school-age youngsters who’re studying it will take heed.
It’s smart to study the protocols at your faculty for damage and accidents usually. On this method, you’ll be knowledgeable in case of emergency.
Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founding father of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to assist folks entry and activate their desires. You possibly can ship inquiries to askharriette@harriettecole.com or c/o Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas Metropolis, MO 64106.
