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Coping with child leaving home for a school
Are any of you moms having a hard time with your sailor leaving home.Its been a few months and hes in Aschool now .Im so overwhelmed and could really use some pointers. My first kid to leave and others at home .Of course hes a boy and thinks like a man . Help ,will take any suggestions
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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A school doesn't last forever. At least you can talk to him on the phone and exchange emails. You have to keep busy and not worry about him so much. He's become a man since he left for boot camp and you have to start treating him like one. You also have to come to terms with the fact that your relationship with him has changed. You'll always be his mom and he'll always love you, but letting him go onto bigger and better things will make him forever grateful to you for allowing him to blossom into the man he's destined to be. We all miss our kids, but we love them....and let them go.
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Permalink Reply by Denise-- Seabee Mom on
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What are you "overwhelmed" about? He is a young man becoming a adult. As a mom I guess we really dont want our kids to grow up. But thats what happens in the real world. When mine left I was able to focus more time on the one I still had at home. Once she left I was able to focus more time on me. The empty nest deal really isnt as bad as some make it out to be. The holidays are still hard but its just a few moments here and there now. Its not all day long. I myself find so much joy in knowing that my kids are healthy and doing what they want. I hear from them all the time. They are both grown and have their own families. I dont see them often but I know I will again. Try not to think of him as a boy so much. He will always be your son but son's do grow up. I allowed my son to join. He left and was still only 17. I am not sorry that I didnt make him wait. He's been is just over 12 years now and we still have that strong mom & son bond.
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One thing that may help is the join the group for his A school
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