When They Go Away to College and Beyond
They got in. They packed. You drove them there, carried boxes up a staircase, and then drove home to a house with a door that stays shut.
What happens next is rarely what parents brace for. The academics are usually fine. What catches students out is everything around the academics: the roommate, the laundry, the unstructured hours, the first time a problem is theirs alone to solve.
The posts here are about the gap between getting in and being ready, and what parents can do about it on either side of move-in day.