Just about everyone feels homesick at some point in their lives, and preparation may be the key to preventing homesickness. "Homesickness occurs to some degree in nearly everyone leaving familiar ...

Going into the sixth week of the semester, most students have been living on campus for just over a month now. For many, this newfound independence is exciting, but many have also come face to face ...

Throughout high school, college was the exciting adventure I was always waiting for, and when the time finally came to leave home, I couldn’t have been any happier. The first few weeks of school were ...

Summer camps and overnight stays with friends and family are on many of our children's agendas for this summer. While many of these activities often result in fond memories, they can present ...

Embarking on the freshman year of college is an undeniably exciting time. But saying goodbye to family and friends and moving away from home can cause even the most independent teens to feel homesick.

Summer camp can be a gloriously fun time of growth and exploration, but it also can be hard. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that about 20% of boys and girls away from home can experience ...

One medical professional describes homesickness as “an emotional state of mind where the affected person experiences intense feelings of longing due to separation from home environment and loved ones.

For freshmen going off to college, the first weeks on campus can be filled with heady excitement. But as things settle down and the newness wears off, it’s easy for homesickness to set in. Anxiety, ...

For those who live far from home, feeling a mix of grief and gratitude is not as contradictory as it may seem The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in ...

When incoming Loyola University sophomore Mary Plankey was starting college, she was fine for the first week and a half — excited, even. But Plankey is from Florida, a long way from Chicago, and ...

It's a relief to see working-class Irish lives being captured with this up close familiarity and insight, and in his new collection 'Homesickness' author Colin Barrett is familiar with the many traps ...