How old will your child be when they start college?

calmom
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:29:39 +0000

We were both more than ready to get out of hs and go to college, and both did fine there.

One thing I figured out, in hindsight, is that “get out of hs” does not have to mean “go straight to college.” It is what I did when I was young… but my daughter opted to spend time living abroad as a foreign exchange student instead. That’s one reason I feel it was a better choice for her to stay with the typical age/grade placement – she could use the time to expand her experiences rather than simply progress to the next step.

That’s the sort of thing I think that I missed with the early-to-college approach. While I was emotionally mature, I still looked at my world through a teenager’s eyes when I arrived in college. No harm… but the point is that the extra time my daughter had was not wasted.