Parent weighs summer abroad for daughter

DEAR HARRIETTE: Our daughter wants to go away for a study-abroad program this summer. She is in high school, and her only real experience being away from home is the occasional sleepover and sometimes spending a week with her grandparents. Yes, my husband and I are very protective of her. Plus, she hasn’t expressed interest in summer camp or other sleepaway activities, so they haven’t happened. Some of her other friends have done these things. She hasn’t talked about it one way or the other. I figured she wasn’t interested in traveling. I just can’t imagine her exploring a whole new country and being away for over a month!