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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD insist on attending college in California. We want her to stay within [b]driving distance, 6 hours max.[/b] We have already told her the only way would be if she [b]received scholarships.[/b] How do we deter her away from insisting on going to colleges out there?  If you have a DC who attends college where a plane ride is needed, what are the advantages and disadvantages?[/quote]

OP - issue with distance or money? [/quote]

OP here, money isn't an issue, but I want to have an opportunity where[b] if she gets home sick we could pick her up[/b] etc. [b]She has other siblings and it would be nice for her to be home during some of her breaks. [/b]She's been away to over night camps etc. and currently takes metro with friends to the mall etc. We are allowing her to be a "teenager", but the logistics of attending college that far away is too[b] cumbersome.[/b] [/quote]

[b]this is all about you you you.[/b]

if she gets homesick she will figure it out. IF she gets homesick.
if she wants to see her sibs she will find a way to see them.
this is all about it being cumbersome for you and your fleeting ability to control![/quote]+1.  My DD has expressed a desire to visit five schools in California in addition to two in the midwest and the remainder on the east coast/mid atlantic.  While the selfish part of me wants DD to attend the UMD and come home for dinner on the weekends, the realistic part of me knows that this is the beginning of her independence as a young adult AND if she wants, she could legally go where she wants.  Yes, some might say if I'm paying the tuition, she goes where I say.  To that I say, bullchips.  She could declare her independence and apply for financial aid on her own.

I am of the opinion if things don't work out, my DC's a smart cookie and knows there are options to transfer back to the DMV area.  But I think if she did go west and settle into school, she'd stay, at least, for college.

It's time to cut the umbilical cord, OP or at least extend it a few thousand feet.[/quote]

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