I need some advice Reddit, my son's grandparents have proposed that they take him to America for a NASA space camp (5 days 6 nights fully supervised) then Disneyworld for 3 days. Including travel, he'd be away for 2 weeks. We live in Australia.Son's father is fully on board with the idea, his thought process is this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Grandad has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's - no symptoms as yet but he has been told it will happen eventually so he's trying to get all the experiences he can while he can. Our son is super into space and science and any child would love Disneyworld. I can't afford to go with, and truthfully, I would never be able to take him.I however have lots of reservations. I agree logically that it would be great, he would have the time of his life! Buuut, mum brain keeps saying, what if they lose him? What about the millions of things that could go wrong and I'd be halfway across the world unable to help? Son's father and I are separated, and I selfishly don't want to lose any more time with my son (we split custody 50/50 with a week each at a time).The grandparents are seasoned travellers, they have been pretty much everywhere in the world. We've gone abroad with them before, they are organised and think of everything. I know it's going to be great for my son.What would you do? I have a few weeks to decide - it's not until next year but space camp tickets sell out fast and this one is the only one to align perfectly with our school holidays. Son already has a passport and we haven't told him anything so he won't be disappointed if I don't agree to let them take him. I just have a thousand "what ifs?" running through my mind and I dont know what to do. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2l2HwUh
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