| Hanna, in case you haven't gotten the message from this forum, living with an unhappy 18-year-old is NO FUN. Especially if you happen to love said 18 year-old, and to miss the days when you knew how to make things better.
Parents really, really want their kids to be happy, positive, moving forward. Five months is a looooong time to wait that out, given that the last few months probably haven't been all cake and ice cream, either, and given that in September they won't be around to see it, either.
One of the things I remember vividly about my two recent college campaigns is how relieved and relaxed parents got as their kids adjusted their psyches to reality and got happy again. | 
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