Kids going far away

mystery2me
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:36:31 +0000

S is over 1,000 miles away but never felt very attached to our hometown and by now is not even very attached to his HS friends by now. Distance requires planning ahead for breaks, etc., and we only pay for a maximum of one trip home during the semester. He’s averaged 2 in fall semesters because he wants to come home for a football game at the local state U + Thanksgiving (after not coming home his freshman year and being more lonely than he thought he would in spite of going to his roommate’s for Thanksgiving dinner), but manages his personal spending otherwise to do so. It’s all what works for the individual and his/her family; I was shocked when he was a HS senior and I heard another parent say that they wanted their son within a day’s drive in case he needed them, but now I understand it’s not an uncommon emotion.