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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I blame Instagram and other social media for idealizing the college experience and painting unrealistic pictures of instant friends and parties. And when another parent is talking about how their kid is loving college and having a great time, that also makes things harder (although that’s a good thing and nothing wrong with that!). College is a hard adjustment, it takes time for kids to find their people and things. Everyone has their own journey. [/quote]

Great point. This happens in all aspects of life. Almost all of what people post online is good news, so you think that everyone else is living a perfect life while yours stinks. But plenty of other people are having their challenges, they just don't make them public.

And when most people look back on past experiences, unless they were truly awful, they remember the positive more than the negative. So adults like us make it seem like our college experiences were 100% perfect when they probably were not. They just were often a lot better than what came after college, so we long for those relatively care-free times when we were surrounded by thousands of smart, fun, like-minded people and had our whole lives in front of us. Our kids only hear about the positives so wonder why in real life and real time, it isn't so perfect.[/quote]

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