Heart Broken Mom

emeraldkity4
Sat, 09 May 2009 09:23:57 +0000

I believe parents try so hard to make things right, we tend to make mistake along the way

my response was to initial post- but I want to respond to this as well.

I do not believe that it is our job to make things right.
Our job is to give children the skills to make their own way in the world, to learn strong ethics and to be able to make their own progressively more difficult decisions with those values to guide them.
I suggest- if she cannot attend a school that she chose this next fall- that she consider taking a year off- perhaps working/traveling to develop a stronger idea of her own self and to make the most of her 4 years in college.

Unless you are attending medical/law school, much money is available for grad school at least that has been our observation- the best use of money is to procure the best education possible- that will open more doors for post -bac study.