Live at home Freshman Year?

anon94785555
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:54:32 +0000

Interesting “maturity” comments. I worried as a mother since son turned 17 in the fall of his college freshman year, he did fine (concerns about his waking up without a parent as backup to his obnoxiously loud alarm clock among the worries). But then, he was the almost 5 year old who insisted on walking from the car to the kindergarten entrance all by himself (I trailed with the camcorder/camera) while one or two kids were crying and clinging to their mothers. Combination of personality and family life probably determines a student’s approach to leaving the nest. Those of you reading my kindergarten example and thinking your child isn’t ready to leave home should also realize that when I weeks later asked son’s K teacher how the crying kids were doing she didn’t even remember which ones they were. Given the chance most kids will rise to the challenge and make a good adjustment, do not deny the once in a lifetime experience chance if at all possible. PS- for anyone trying to reconcile ages/grades- he also compressed elementary school grades to be 2 grades ahead of agemates (and was considered one of their own by the classmates he joined).