Anyone else have a child who is having a hard time making the transition?

jkiwmom
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:35:44 +0000

@abasket, I so appreciate your advice. You’re right, this is just such a big transition from the social, to the academic, to just the every day life issues. My son is such a positive guy that I think that’s what really alarmed me actually. He’s like me, it takes a lot to bring down his positive attitude. He has decided to at least stay this entire year and see how he feels in May. Like Emmabet, we feel it’s just smart to at least apply for transfer to a few schools and he will at least have options at the end of the year. He can decide then, but know that he can choose to either stay or start over. His list right now is Wesleyan, Oberlin, Mac, Kenyon and he may apply to Brown again (why not, lol?!). He’s also applying for some specialized housing at his current school where he seems to be a much better fit, but those are competitively based and we won’t know the outcome until Dec. I told him to just keep getting involved with his clubs, and friends. Maybe I will see a kid that has no interest in transferring come May. I just keep to my mantra, “this isn’t for me to fix…it’s his life, he will figure it out”.

njfootballmom, so sorry to hear that your son is having the health issues on top of everything else.