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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a high school senior with ADHD and depression, who wants to go to college to have a social life, and I worry so much this will be her.

I'm so sorry OP, for the worry this is causing you.

I've been running scenarios in my mind, and who knows maybe my kid will keep it together.  Do you bring her home give her no money and have her work?  Enroll in community college?

I don't know.  I wish you good luck.  [/quote]

If money is no issue, let her go. If burning 40-80k dollars in one year only for them to fail in every way except socially is okay. Go for it.

—poster who also dealt with many mental health issues and grew up as a gay boy in a small conservative town and viewed going away to school as a way to meet guys and have a social life… and I’m glad my parents didn’t let me. Because otherwise I’d have either wasted tens of thousands of their money—or gone into crippling student debt with no degree to show for it.

It’s honestly, not fair. And your daughter will probably be defiant and angry—but I truly [i]implore[/i] you to continue and talk her out of making a bad choice. If you don’t think she can succeed in college on her own.. she probably won’t.

I’m still bitter about missing out on the “college experience” especially given high school sucked as a gay kid in a conservative small city… but i’m also super thankful i’m not saddled with debt/pissed away more of my parent’s money. =/[/quote]

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