Lonely college students

[Anonymous]

Having friends and significant others at this age is crucial for mental health. I know parents see it as distraction and want kids to only focus on academics but not having them is itself a bigger distraction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why they need to make friends, it’s only a few years of 9 months at college and then off to a whole new world- true friends can be few and far between in real life. “Acquaintances” that one can hang out with are a dime a dozen.

NP. Interesting way of looking at it. Not “bad interesting “ just a different perspective than the norm. Maybe it’s true in my daughter’s case, many close friendships from HS still intact, but more acquaintances in college. Sophomore year.

I think this is happening with my child.