<p>Hopeful2010,</p>
<p>There is a saying that went around our parents club that if your kid doesn’t want to leave (insert name of service academy) at least once, they haven’t had a normal experience. For our daughter it was Plebe swimming (drowning) in the spring. For about a week, we were feeling as you do now—very concerned, worried, and wanting to “make it all better”. The advise given thus far is really right on. Give him someone to sound off to but don’t try to “solve the problem”, as tempting and natural a desire as it is for a parent. We found that at least for our daughter, half of the solution was really to just give her someone to voice her complaints/worries/fears to (us) without having to worry abt repercussions (imagined or real), etc. The other half was to just let her work it out mentally on her own. </p>
<p>Hang in there!!</p>