<p>I have an only child, never wanted children but was forced to reproduce or get out by my husband, and I am finally going to be rid of him.</p>
<p>He has been spoiled rotten, thanks to overprotective father and grandparents, and does not know how to ride a bike, drive a car, cook his meals, wash dishes, or do laundry.</p>
<p>Any attempts to teach him these things has been met with hostility by him, as it would cut into his video game time.</p>
<p>Now, I can’t say he’s been this sweet child that has suddenly become a monster. Video games have always turned him into a monster.</p>
<p>He will be going away to college in a couple of weeks, and the video game system will stay at home.</p>
<p>I am having second thoughts about this, as I fear he will come home every weekend, not just with his laundry to do, but to play his video games nonstop all weekend, as he has done all summer.</p>
<p>I am tempted to schedule weekend trips to be out of the house because of this prospect, but I have projects that I want to do around the house, and I will now finally have the time to do them.</p>
<p>Wondering if there’s anyone out there who is having a similar summer with their prospective freshman, and also, looking for feedback from people who have just gone through freshman year, as to whether their child did in fact come home and play video games all weekend, rather than staying at their college and enjoying college life.</p>
<p>BTW, son is going away to college, but there are a couple of transportation options that will make coming home every weekend doable for him: plane, train, and automobile, a one hour flight, and a five hour train or car ride.</p>