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[quote=Anonymous]I have taken off work to attend orientation (student and family) for incoming first year student later this summer. I am excited about it because DD attended all the admitted students days at colleges (prior to picking and committing) solo. She says it was very awkward for her to be the only kid without parents in attendance at these events. She also said they split into parent/student groups only for a few hours of their programming. I could not take that much time off work but made sure to get the days for this orientation event. Now I read that at the orientation the incoming students will stay in a dorm and I suddenly expect to get to experience the awkward feelings my daughter went through earlier this spring as I sit solo in the parent group.
Either way, just sharing to say a kid going solo may not feel ideal to them but (barring pre-existing extreme social anxiety issues) will ultimately be no more than a momentary inconvenience/awkwardness and they will survive and go on to thrive.[/quote]

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