Help for apprehensive boarding-school freshman?

<p>Question: What words of advice do you offer to parents of a very apprehensive 9th grader who is going away to boarding school for the first time? What encouragement can we share with her to help her get beyond the homesickness?As your daughter takes this big step, however apprehensively, the encouragement you offer might […]</p>

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