Mothers may worry about how their daughters will cope independently or they may worry about their safety or happiness.
A girl’s transition from high school to seminary can be challenging for both herself and her parents. Just like earlier transitions — from home to nursery school from nursery to elementary school from elementary school to junior high and high school — it requires adjustment on everyone’s part. For many girls going to seminary also means leaving home for a long period for the first time. While some have gone away for camp it’s not quite the same. They know that in a few short weeks they’ll be back home. Seminary is a year or longer. Indeed some girls attending seminary in faraway locations will not see their parents from September to June. Even those who are able to visit throughout the school year may be having their first real experience of living away from home. Those who live at home during the seminary year or years know that they are doing so now as adults people with a new status. They also know that they have one foot out the door. Childhood with all its protection and comforts is rapidly coming to an end.
