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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have a college student yet, but I have friends who've gone through this. One DS wanted to commute, parents convinced/encouraged/forced (?) him to live on campus, and there was a suicide attempt before end of first semester. Not saying this is common at all, but make sure you understand the real concerns behind the request (anxiety, laziness, something else). In this case, it was the inability to socialize and becoming completely overwhelmed to the point of a breakdown.

There is also a guide to raising teen daughters that makes the same point--make sure your kid is developmentally ready for college when it's time, because not everyone is, people mature at different timelines, and you don't want to send off a kid into the world before they are ready. Sometimes you have to do something less mainstream, like a year off, starting off as a commuter, etc. What are your child's long-term goals? Is this his way of telling you he doesn't want to go to college at all, or is it really about dorm life/something else? [/quote]

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