<p>How many of the parents for this years college bound seniors are worried about their children going off to college? How are you guys coping with it?</p>
<p>I'm leaving the country to go back to the states so my parents are busy trying to teach me everything i'll need to know. lots sentences of "you can do this in college if you ever......."</p>
<p>what about you guys?</p>
<p>Same story here... Mom's already asking me how am I going to do that, this and the other those :)</p>
<p>She's just trying to impart as much wisdom as possible.</p>
<p>Worried isn't the right word. I am sure, for the most part, that my D will make the right decisions. We have already started giving her more independence as a HS senior.</p>
<p>Mine is more a sense of melancholy, as I know she will be missed around the house.</p>
<p>I'm just worried about the laundry. He'll be fine with everything else :)</p>
<p>i'm really only worried that S will sleep through classes- he's a very heavy sleeper!!</p>
<p>In my family, I'm the designated worrier. I'm also nicknamed "the queen of the what-ifs" (as in "what if there's an earthquake, are you prepared?"). Personally, I think some level of concern-to-worry comes with the parental territory, but it's also possible to plan ahead to minimize the need to worry.</p>
<p>What? My daughter is leaving? When?</p>
<p>I tend not to feel the emotional impact until after the fact, so I haven't felt any detachment issues. Yet. Ask me again in September. I'll be too busy in the meantime going over pros and cons of choices, getting through prom/graduation, teaching/reinforcing basic life skills, shopping for dorm essentials, etc.</p>
<p>Now that spring break is over, I definitely feel my son's senior year starting to slide away. He's my youngest, and I can sense that my life is about to change in a big way. </p>
<p>I'm mostly optimistic about it, but know there will be some glum days come fall.</p>
<p>My son is a junior; he's smart but was clueless about "life skills". Soooo for the past 2 years, I have spent as much time as I can teaching him "the basics" -- laundry, fixing things, handling money, sewing buttons, cooking basics, etc. He's come a long way baby..... This summer, he's going to be on his own...a dry run of sorts...... he'll take care of everything himself. We'll see how he does and we'll still have his senior year to fix what's still "broken". </p>
<p>I feel for you senior parents..... They grow up sooooo quickly. They were just babies yesterday..... :(</p>