Child
Leaving Home
Children
may be going off to boarding school or moving
back to the home country to study, perhaps to
stay with friends or grandparents. Maybe
the child is considering leaving home because
of disagreement or conflict in the home.
These situations will result in a range of emotions
by parents and children. Parents may be
sad, despairing, even angry. Children may
feel unsupported, abandoned, scared.
Talk
through feelings...
counseling
individuals or the family group will help those
involved understand their feelings. The
is able to offer alternatives to proposed
plans and facilitate a restoration of honest communication
between family members.