Dear Annie: My husband sees camp as a childhood rite of passage, but what if our kids aren’t ready?

Recent Dear Annie columns highlight marital tensions regarding family decisions. One couple struggles with whether their children are ready for sleepaway camp, balancing a husband's nostalgia for childhood rites of passage against a wife's anxiety. Another couple faces conflict as a husband's fear of flying restricts a wife's passion for travel and wanderlust. Both situations illustrate the difficulty of reconciling opposing emotional needs and fears when making significant life choices within a marriage.