What to do make a 7 year old girl feel less homesick?

Maybe play a game or something. Include her in everything, but don’t make a big deal out of her being upset, itll make it worse. Good luck :)

Ask her if she has a favorite snack, video or book that you can provide for her. Maybe someone can sit and cuddle with her for a while? I agree that there shouldn’t be a big fuss made over her but maybe a little quiet special attention would be soothing. If you have any toys or games from when you were a child (Barbies?) maybe you can get them out and let her play with them for a special treat.

Definitely pay attention to her and make her feel like she’s special. Think about when you were 7 and what made you feel special. I remember being about that age. I hated it when people treated me like I was a little kid (even though I kind of was). Good luck!

Let her sit on your lap. I remember getting homesick at Girl Scout camp once, and the counselor just took me on her lap, put her arms around me and I felt soooo much better.

I wonder if something scared her or if she had a little “accident.” Make sure her sister checks out this situation. If everything is ok, then let the little girl pick out a book and have all of the big girls take turns reading it to her. Ask her who she would like to sleep next to and if she would like a piece of candy. And ask her if there is a stuffed animal she would like to “babysit” while she is at your house. Tell her you have a neat night light that you will leave on all night. Do not ridicule her in any way. Tell her how glad you are that she got to come over and visit.

I don’t know how old the OP is, but she’s obviously young….and I for one am very, very impressed with her approach to this problem!!

Having another child her age around would definitely help alot. That may be part of the reason she doesn’t want to stay. If that’s not possible, try to find out exactly what she likes, like what she watches on tv, what games she likes to play and play with her , make her feel like a part of the group. MY 8 year old cousin loves video games, maybe she’d like to play Wii or XBox or something?

Kennedy maybe feels a bit left out of it as the other kids are older. Someone should try and distract her with a colouring in book or something and spend time with her. If that doesn’t work she will have to go home. Maybe she shouldn’t have come in the first place.

Forget the ransom send her back to her parents.