New York Times - Parting Wisdom

<p>I think having both parents and graduating seniors share their anonymous thoughts with each other is a interesting idea. Here's a column about the results at one school.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/05towns.html?%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/05towns.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Yes, all of them are very appropriate; and I can empathize with all of them. </p>

<p>We left our son yesterday in a house all by himself for a few days. That is his summer housing where he's staying for the summer and going to work at his college. I felt the same pangs and the same fears for him...will he be safe? Will he remember to water the plants? Will he cut the grass? Will be drive safely?</p>