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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talk to them.  My parents worried if I was ready.  I did extremely well in college, away from them.  Give them a chance to succeed.  [b]They are accepted.  Why would you say no?[/b][/quote]

Forcing your child to take a gap year could be a disaster.  If they are fully 100 percent on board, AND have a rationale and a plan for how to spend the year, sure, consider that.  Otherwise, you are telling your child that you don't believe in them, that you don't believe they are capable, and that you don't think they are an adult who can make decisions.  That's not a good precedent.  (Although, if you are the kind of undermining helicopter parent who would consider forcing a student who was actually accepted to college not to go, I suspect your kid already has some idea that you lack confidence in them.)

Unless they are telling you that they don't feel ready, AND can articulate what is going to happen in that year off to make them feel ready, I wouldn't be suggesting a year off.  [/quote]

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