Share By Parent About Parents Letting Go
A parent recently shared a good blog about letting go and fostering independence…From her:
“The juicy bits:
Camp is not just about being themselves: it’s about becoming themselves, and seeing who those selves can be. In these three weeks of being away from their parents, it’s finally time for my boys to show, without the comforts or crutches of home, who they really are.
I want them to have this chance to find out who they are, without the ever-present compass of a parent to show them what is right and wrong. I want them to test themselves. This is the moment when we see if they can tell those things for themselves, and if my parenting hopes and aspirations have taken root and produced real, small shoots of independent people.
What’s more important to me than them having fun? Them being kind. I don’t want them to just be themselves–I want them to test themselves and try to become their best selves.”
Original post at www.kveller.com.