Youth For Understanding (YFU)?

yepunsarang
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:36:51 +0000

eg1, nope, my parents didn’t visit me, but my mom was asking whether she should visit me during the summer. That is completely unecessary, because your child will be perfectly fine with her hostparents. It’s actually better that as a parent, you do not call too often to check up. Because it kind of disrupts the natural “getting used to” period for your daughter into a new culture. You want her to immerse herself totally within that culture. Plus, you’re going to make it seem as if you don’t trust the host parents very much. That’s not such a good thing, as they are taking in your daughter for free! You should be most gracious. I suggest you call your daughter once in a while, but never every day or every other day. May be once a week (on Sunday or something) to check up on her. YFU doesn’t want students to carry cellphones because it disrupts the immersing of the student in the culture. I hope you understand this, and I was perfectly fine and my parents too. So i’m sure your daughter will have the time of her life without anything bad in her way. My mother was first very nervous and my grandmother was even more. But she came to terms that i’m growing up, and i’m going to be permanently away from her and my dad in a few years. It would just be a way for her to prepare for that situation…plus, she felt by sending me away for 2 months, it would only do good for me. When I returned, I became a more mature, kinder, and sensitive person (that’s what my mom says). Yes, my mom missed me sooo much, but she coped with it graciously. You need to learn to let go sometimes…even at age 15. Because in three years, your daughter might be away, and will be very independent!