Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: How Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, recently wrote about her son's adventures going off to summer camp on her blog. In her blog article, she quotes another author, Michael Thompson, PhD. who wrote the book Homesick and Happy: How Time Away From Parents Can Help a Child Grow. Dr. Thompson's said:
"...in the final analysis, there are things we cannot do for our children, no matter how much we might want to. In order to successfully accomplish these tasks, to grow in the ways they need to grow, children have to do it on their own, and usually away from their parents, sometimes overnight, sometimes for days or weeks or even months."
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