Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow

An insightful and powerful look at the magic of summer camp-and why it is so important for children to be away from home . . . if only for a little while.

In an age when it's the rare child who walks to school on his own, the thought of sending your "little ones" off to sleep-away camp can be overwhelming-for you and for them. But parents' first instinct-to shelter their offspring above all else-is actually depriving kids of the major developmental milestones that occur through letting the...