Teen struggling with being away from family
Our 14 year old has been having a hard time with having no family around. This is our first PCS and this fall we will be here 2 years. I know military kids sacrifice a lot. He’s especially missing his cousin that’s only 5 months older than him. They have been close for years. We traveled to our hometown last summer and stayed a month and two weeks at Christmas. We will be back for 2.5 weeks soon and November for my sister’s wedding and thanksgiving. I can’t help but to feel guilty as a parent. His dad has always been in the reserves and then went active. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I just want to help him. I do think school being out, he has all this time to dwell. I also try my best to explain to him that lots of people live away from family and unfortunately it’s apart of life.