Carleton Kendrick Ed. This decision is usually a tough call for parents.
Some homesick feelings are common to most campers, even kids who ve camped before.
Adolescent campers may miss their girlfriends and boyfriends back home. Camp should not be considered an emotional ordeal or rite of passage that must be endured, but the experience does foster resilience when children show themselves to be capable of coping with and recovering from homesickness at camp. Your child may ask you to take her home at any time during her camp experience. She may want to come home within the first few days of her stay, simply because she misses the stability of her home and family. She might want to leave immediately after an unpleasant social incident or because she is the only child in her bunk who hasn't made a best buddy within the first week.