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Loosening the Mommy Strings

  • Jul. 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Matsuri, Wadaiko Newark
Once a Mom, always a Mom!  My son went to Internal Drive Tech camp this week, starting on Sunday.  The camp is located at Stanford University and he's going to be there for seven days.  He's taking the Game Mod course and will be getting a free copy of a new game at the end of camp.  He's staying in a dorm, sharing a room with someone he doesn't know and basically responsible for monitoring himself at camp.  A parent's nightmare.  He's in an environment that I have absolutely no control over. Will he get along with his peers?  The campers range in age from 13 to 17.  Will he make friends?  Will he be respectful to the counselors?  Will he be the master of his mind and not let his mind master him (think before he acts)?

He was worried that he was going to be the only African-American camper there.  Well, much to his surprise, the camp director is an African-American woman (gasp, kind of like Mom).  There were several camp counselors and a few campers checking in were African-American. So, his 'fears' were allayed immediately.

Richard wanted his sister, Lele, to help take his bags up to his dorm room, not me.   When he came back down, he asked me what he should do next.  At that point, I decided to let him figure out how to work in his new 'community', told him to ask the camp director and said good bye.  He did and, as I was leaving, saw that she had him 'in tow'.  It was difficult to let go.

I've not heard from him and wonder how he is doing.  I am resisting the temptation to go and find out, after all, Stanford is just down the street!
  • Location:Intern Room
  • Mood: curious
  • Music:960 Quake Radio

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