Are we as parents properly preparing our kids for college life?

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<p>I am not sure who they are or where they are but obviously there are enough to fill one college per this article</p>

<p>The Associated Press</p>

<p>NEW YORK – If Chelsea Johnson wanted, she could get an automated wake-up call in the morning, leave her clothes at the concierge desk for dry cleaning, grab some free pretzels and a banana from a snack cart and then unwind in a hot tub with several of her friends.</p>

<p>No, Johnson is not living in a high-end condo.</p>

<p>Rather, she is one of the 2,800 undergrad students at High Point University, “where every student gets an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people.”</p>

<p>At High Point in North Carolina, that means an ice cream truck with free frozen treats, part-time valet parking, live music in the cafeteria, and a birthday card signed by the president with a Starbucks gift card tucked inside on a student’s special day. Freshmen don’t have to live in dorms with long corridors of bunks beds and communal baths: they live in apartment-like housing.</p>

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<p>Look at the college website, it reminds me of the “finishing schools” of years gone by I had heard about years ago. The emphasis seems to be on amenities, not academics.</p>

<p>Oh, and laundry- I don’t bother to separate once the dark/bright colors have been washed a few times. I learned to shrink clothes by cooking them on high in the free college dryers- my mother taught me better, but… How many of you take as many shortcuts as you can? Or, is it only for those of us who don’t care at all about fashion, who won’t buy clothes requiring extra care?</p>

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<p>My son had a look on his face for the first two months of college that I had only seen on him on the first day of kindergarten. Kind of a dazed, overwhelmed and not knowing what to expect look. After he got use to the change, he did great.</p>