College Visit-Uncomfortable w/ Activities

mythmom
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:13:12 +0000

It’s not; there are many other situations. There are religiously affiliated institutions that still offer liberal arts educations.

And I don’t think kids letting go on weekends after a rigorous working week is swimming in a sea of decadence.

My kids are both getting a varied and deep liberal arts education. D’s excursion into hookah bar is not decadent to me. Sitting with friends smoking tobacco a few times is as tame as it gets – much more than I was.

S is at an institution where the kids do drink beer on Sat. night, but thus was it always. He has resolved to study EMT to help any kids with problems with drinking. I also don’t see this as swimming in a sea of decadence.

But as JHS points out, neither is watching a fascinating artistic display, seeing a posting for a clothing optional movie or having one’s leg pulled about smoking pot.

Most kids are very aware of the fact that soon they’ll have to earn a living and all at my kids schools are serious about their studies. However, adolescents have been the terror of the parents’ lives (kidding) from time immemorial, and they will always do some silly things.