Dear Parents,
My oldest is heading for college this fall. I spent the day in orientation sessions for first year college students and their parents. A very exciting and emotional time indeed. One of the topics today was "transitioning" and how the parental role changes. It was to help us parents strike the balance between being a support, and letting them handle life on their own as young adults.
The topic was handled very well, the students put on some very exaggerated and funny skits to make a point about over-parenting, presenting scenes of parents who call or text way too much, or show up at their child's dorm room unexpected. Then when the child protested, the parent's response was "I'm paying for you to be here, I have the right to..." The skits got a lot of laughs, but the topic hit home for many of us. At this stage of our child's development, is that level of control appropriate?
To Your Family,
Jane Cabrera
The Parent Success Coach
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