Hi Trish

I think that you may find that it is the children back at school that will miss your son more than the other way around. To them he will seem to be gone a long time and to your son it will seem so quick!

The quality time with his family and the whole experience will more than make up for the lack of schooling. If you are worried about him missing school work - I am sure that his teacher would be more than willing to give you some work sheets etc to do whilst away.

I know of a few families who have taken older children out of school for 3-6 months to trip around Australia (or do distance Ed whilst they did it) and they felt that the experiences the children gained were worth just as much as months sitting in a classroom.

Good Luck

AllisD