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[quote=Anonymous]For the college application process, I'd suggest doing the following: 1. Stop micromanaging your son. The main effect will be to harm your relationship with him. And less hinges on him getting this together right now than you think it does. 2. As you back off on the day-to-day stuff, make clear your broader expectations to him. If he doesn't get into college, what will you do? Under what conditions will you allow him to keep living at home? What will you contribute financially toward college, and does this depend on his academic performance either now or in college? It's time for him to be doing this for himself, not because mom and dad are making him do them. If he's not ready to manage the college application process for himself (with help when he requests it from you), maybe he'd benefit from a year of working or going to community college closer to home. If that happens, that's fine.[/quote]
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