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[quote=Anonymous]OP your son made a perfectly sensible choice; and very likely his college WON'T be going back with hybrid instruction in the fall as much as they hope to, anyhow.

As much as we in the US in certain economic classes value kids moving away to go to college, there can also be great benefits to living at home as young adults, if your family is basically emotionally healthy.  And just because he is living at home and taking classes "from his bedroom" doesn't mean he has to be isolated.  Although COVID is out there, people are also out in the community, volunteering and doing activities in a safe way -- and he can be a part of that as well.  Likely half his friends from high school have made a similar decision.

If he doesn't know much about household chores, cooking, home maintenance this could be the year to try to get him to learn more.  A young adult living at home taking a couple hours of classes daily will have free time to take the car to be serviced or visit Home Depot to pick up items to do a home repair for instance.

My college son has been organizing groups of friends to do outdoor activities this summer like hiking and biking trips.

The experience he would have had at college would not have been a normal one.  I know it is easy to second guess yourself but I think you and he made the right decision. [/quote]

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