Daughter with cold feet. Please help

dbwes
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:39:45 +0000

Are there any current freshmen (either friends or relatives) that she could visit, maybe even stay with – even if it’s not at a school she is considering?

Other than that, I second what has been said above. Have her apply to different sorts of schools – at least one that is farther away, one that is an easy hop home for weekends, and one that would work as a commuter school.

I think every child starts to fear leaving home. We went through this with my daughter last year when things got bad with a boyfriend. Suddenly, she was all about living at home. This year, (senior year) she is no longer with the boyfriend, all her friends are applying, and she is excited about going away. But just the other day, she said that sometimes the whole thought makes her sad and scared.