Dropped Son off at College

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Shann

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My Son is a freshman at NEIT in Rhode Island. We dropped him off and came home yesterday. They don't have dorms so he is in an apartment with a guy he met at the housing office. Pretty nice place but there is no R.A. or anything to watch over them.

I'm kind of worried, if only because he's our only child. He also is bright, but got through high school because we "forced" him to do his work every day. He's gotta grow up. The money is also wicked tight.

Dropping him off was tough. I also put down one of our dogs last week so the house is really quiet. My wife and I might actually have to talk to each other now :p

I know that this is kind of a boring post, but I've been going through a lot of stuff lately and its nice to have a place to vent.

In an interesting turnabout, he called us last night to make sure WE got home safely!
 
I feel ya.
Dropped off my only child 2 weeks ago. (That hurt)
It's gonna be for the better.
Have some confidence in yourself as a parent.(I'm sure you did well)
 
Dropped our third, and last child, off about 4 weeks ago. the other two are already done. Keep talking to him but his phone call is a great sign. He is gonna turn out fine.

Kevin
 
My eldest son has been at college for a month, and has called once in that time. It's tough for me because he and I did a lot together, but at the same time I'm glad he's demonstrating independence.
 
It is tough, but you need to let the kids do things without helicoptering them. If you hover and watch what they do, they never gain confidence in themselves. They also perceive that you have no confidence in them. That can be tough, but it is important. If you love them, give them some room.
 
I delivered 2 of my girls (a Jr and a Soph) to the Univ of Georgia a few weeks ago. They live in different apartments with other girls. I still worry about them.

My other girl is a 2004 UGA grad.

Me, I'm a big Bama fan, so they gang up on me when they can.
 
Dropped off my Autistic Son at College three weeks ago. Its harder on us than them. Its their time to spread their wings and fly. Every parent is a wreck..most kids do better than the parents can imagine.
 
Well, he called Sunday night, like we asked, so that's good. (oh yeah, he called Saturday too, to figure out how to activate his Mother's credit card that she gave to him for "emergencies").

Everything is going well, although classes hadn't started yet so he didn't have much to report.

I'm doing much better, although its still awfully quiet in the house with only one dog and no boy. We've got his room all torn apart for renovation, of course my wife picked the most expensive carpet we found for it :eek: The price they quoted was more than I would expect to do the whole house!

(Ren my son has Asperger's, so I've been worried about the lack of parent enforced structure in his life, we'll see how it goes).

Shann
 
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