12 year old son on skiing trip with school and home sick

[Nickyjf]

My 12 year old son set off to Austria with his school on Saturday, arriving at his destination on Sunday lunchtime. He was very anxious and nervous before setting off, but he got on the coach and seemed from his texts to be fairly happy during the trip. Fast forward to Sunday evening and he was sending incessant texts saying how he was missing us and how he wants to come home. All this follows on from a period of a couple of months where he has had difficulty getting to sleep at night, so I'm assuming there is a lot of anxiety associated with this. But after a day of skiing (which I think he enjoyed) he has now just texted and called to say he still wants to come home! Any advice on this topic would be much appreciated.

What happened OP?

Dd was homesick and miserable on a school trip - she'd fallen out with her friend - most of her upset was due to this. I spoke to the teacher and it was fine - she enjoyed the rest of her trip. I think kids need to learn that homesickness is very temporary and will fade, no way would I take them home - I want them to learn to cope with their emotions.

Has he told a teacher? They have a good knack of making kids feel better on such trips. When on year 6 residential I knew DS was homesick cos he wrote a letter which I received on the Weds (was only 4 nights), but his teacher calmed him down - they weren't allowed phones because of homesickness.