The
NY Times Motherlode column here has an interesting question. One of the readers has
an eleven-year-child who does not want to go on a mandatory school overnight
trip. There are many good suggestions in
the comments that follow about what to do.
No, I certainly would not force a child. What might help is this. Give your child a cell phone—perhaps an
inexpensive pre-paid one. Show her how
to call you on it. Tell her that you
will have your cell phone with you all the time. If she decides on the sleep-over that she
wants to come home, she can call you and you will come and get her, no matter
what the time is.
My mother was phobic, and taught me the concept of having an
escape. Often, just knowing that you can leave enables you to stay.
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