Don't send you daughters too far away to college.

calmom
Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:29:21 +0000

Is it really that much harder to separate from a daughter as a son?

I have one of each – my son has been living on his own & supporting himself for almost 2 years now. My daughter is 17 & still lives at home, but was away 4 months last year overseas on a foreign exchange.

I personally felt it was harder to separate from my son. There may be a lot of factors - so I honestly don’t think its about gender. I think it has to do with the particular relationship you have with each child – you love all of your children equally, but you do sometimes feel a tighter bond with a particular child. This may have to do with personalities or the pattern of the relationship that has been set all along.