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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Send your kids away for college. It's the biggest gift you can give them.  GMU is a lame option for NoVa kids.  Let them fly!![/quote]
Agreed. A lot of parents limiting their children’s potential.[/quote]
Potential doesn't mean paying for them to move far away and party for four years.

Sending your kids away to college is for the privileged few. Most people can't afford out of state.[/quote]
Here’s a direct example. It can’t be that your kids are getting a good education that isn’t available at GMU either great networking opportunities in a new place. No, they’re just “party[ing] for four years.” This is the mindset of abusers who are jealous of their kids.[/quote]
No one said that you can't get a good education at another school, just that having them go to GMU doesn't limit their potential.

BTW, my kids don't even go to GMU. But, what you are stating is ridiculous.  Kids can reach their potential whether 10 or 100 miles from home. Living far away from home isn't what makes them reach their potential.

I'm not jealous of my children. I want great things for my kids, but going to school 100 miles away doesn't mean it helps them reach their potential.

You're weird. [/quote]

Living far from home does help kids grow in a way that kids who stay home don't. It isn't quantifiable by an internship or a job but it certainly makes a person more interesting as an individual if they ventured out of their comfort zone/home area.  [b]That't indisputable.[/b][/quote]

I disagree. 
The idea of someone living some place far away you've never been may sound interesting to YOU, but it doesn't make the individual per se more interesting. And people can "venture out of their comfort zone" in many ways, not just by leaving their home town. Those types of stepping out, imo, actually do make a person more interesting.

Yes, living far from home does make kids grow differently than if they stay home - mostly faster; mainly developing (hopefully) more independence sooner; sometimes becoming more confident and/or adventurous; maybe more social - maybe not. The more I think about it, the less I agree with you even on this point. I'd say "potentially grow differently."[/quote]

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