my son is going on his first camp.i am proud of him.

You should be so proud of your little man! It is great that he wants to go. It sounds like it might do him good to be in the outdoors experiencing new things and getting away for a while. How long is the camp for? I am not a mother but i know whenever my younger brothers go away on camp I miss them and worry about them. Have faith that the teachers/carers there will take great care of all the kids and he'll probably have an absolute ball and have lots of stories to tell you when he comes back.

I think this is a perfect chance for him to come back to himself,don't worry,you should cheer for this.

Finally your son has a good chance to learn to be dependent. It's a good practice. You know my son is very little. So I have to wait for more years when he has his first camp:) I think I will be happy but also worried about it. It's good for him to take a risk, but meanwhile I'm afraid of whether he will have any accidents etc. You know mothers are always complicated:) I love China

That will be very good for him. When my daughter went to camp the first time I was really worried. It was a church camp and the youth pastor went everyday to check on the kids from our church. I was fortunate that he did this and called us every day to let us know how they were doing. I was happy that she went, and was having a good time. Also, worried about how she would do being away from me. She had never been away from me for more then a night before she went. I was looking forward to having some time away from her and that sounds really bad, but I think mothers will understand what I mean. I guess it is kind of a mixed emotion time.

That is a really good thing for him to do. To be able to socialize with other children and enjoy himself will be a great experience for him and will help him in so many ways. I am sure it has to be hard on him losing his father and although this will not take away the pain and emptiness he feels it will add something else in his life to make him happy and smile and just be a kid. And congrats to you for being brave and strong enough to let him go to camp. Although I'm sure you will be a nervous wreck at first it will help you out as well. Hope all goes well!

hi suehan I never had any way to send my boy off to camp,but I still remember my week at girl scout camp when I was ten I was homesick the first few days but I soon started having fun as we always had so many things to do and I soon made friends.It is only natural that you will worry about him but I am sure that once he is there for awhile he will start to have some fun and make friends too. My mom said she missed me but she knew that it would be a good experience for me and it really was.

I worried ever second he was gone, I did not know what to do with myself, he is 31 now and I worry if he goes out and doesn't come back in a few hours, because he never goes out. I didn't know his dad past away, bless his soul, your little boy is moving on that is wonderful. I hope he has a great time.

That's awesome that he is going camping. His dad will be smiling down on him while he is enjoying his first camping trip. I don't have any camping stories to share. But being Mother's Day and this is my oldest daughters first Mother's Day, but from time to time I find that I a having a hard time with her being away from the nest. Happy Mother's Day!

that is great sue! I love camping and I hope your son will too! My son goes away with his dad's family/grandparents a lot (he is actually spending the night there right now while I write this!) so I am used to it now and usually find it to be a nice little break. At first though when he would do on trips with them I was really nervous and would start to miss him - I guess it just takes some getting used to! Hope he has a good time and I hope you have a good mother's day!

Not my son Sue, but my daughter. She went to Brownie Camp when she was about eight. In a sense much of the worry was taken away from us because her leader was our next door neighbour. But whilst you pray that they have a good time, you worry that everything will be alright. At least once an hour we said "wonder what she's doing now?" LOL. Of course, she had a great time, hardly thought of us, and any worry on our behalf was entirely needless. I hope that he has a great time.

Congratulations for your son. He is a grown up kid now and at least by joining his first camp, he would learn so many things on his own. Its normal that you will miss him but its okay he will return home soon. My eldest son is still 9, soon he will also be joining his first camp. Good luck to all parents like us and good luck to your son too!

Hi there! I am happy to hear this news about your son. I'm sure that he will really enjoy this experience. And I know that you will just as happy even if you will really miss him a lot. I don't have a kid yet since I'm still a teenager. But when my younger sister went to girl scout camp I really missed her so much. But I just think about the fact that she's having fun then I'm good with it.

The camp life is wonderful ,I think your 12 years son will like the life and can practs his social skills ,you are pround of him ,I share your happiness .you dont need worry about your son for he can find his new friends very quickly.