Creeping dread about the big departure

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<p>Exeter math is awesome. They have a great deal of flexibility, moving kids up and down in courses as they need. My daughter is considering moving down right now because her calculus course is a little too fast, but she would still be in basically the same course, just a little slower paced. </p>

<p>Also - I agree with what someone else said. After a while it starts to feel like she was just home and now she is coming home again already. The time flies really fast, but then I have been incredibly busy too. That would be my recommendation, if you don’t have a job, or a hobby or something that keeps you busy, find it now because it does help the time pass. And your child will definitely miss you and miss home, he/she may not express it as “missing” or as “homesick.” Sometimes you have to be a detective and remember to send care packages. Visiting regularly would help too, although I personally haven’t been able to do that. I think it would help ME to see her in her environment more often.</p>

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<p>I remember when my own parent dropped me off at college, and her advice to me was “I know you are feeling homesick, but why don’t you go over to the international students who must be really homesick right now.” We kept our good bye quick, and even though we both had tears in our eyes, I quickly got busy making new friends with the international crowd. It worked, and I spent the next 4 years with quite an ecclectic group of friends from all over the world, including my home state.</p>