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Originally posted by honeychile
FWIW, I was 16 when I graduated from high school, and had more than a handful of scholarships offered - many of them out of state. My parents felt that I was not mature enough to live out of state on my own, and frankly, they were right. They insisted that I live at home my freshman year, with the idea that I would transfer to another school afterwards.
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I wish more parents had the foresight your parents did! Some kids really don't need to go away for college.
I work with freshmen, and one case in particular is causing all of us to pull our hair out. This could be a thread in and of itself, but basically we have a very immature 17-year old and an unhinged mother who are making all of our lives miserable! The mother has a hard time accepting that although she doesn't treat her daughter as one, the rest of the kids in the building are adults, and can do whatever they want. She's told several of them that they were godless and were "going to hell" for listening to rock music, she sends "anonymous" emails to the staff complaining about specific residents (little does she know her emails can be traced, even if she uses Hotmail or Yahoo!). The little girl is clearly not ready to be in college, especially one that's not very close to home and notorious for being super-liberal, and her mother isn't ready for her daughter to be an adult among adults.
Maybe your coworker's daughter isn't mature enough for college, and she's not ready to treat her daughter like an adult. In that case, they're doing themselves and a lot of other people a huge favor by making her stay home for another year or two!