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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope colleges take note of this weird trend and adjust accordingly.  But they won't.  This is just a general comment:  if a critical mass of people start doing this, there will be social and economic costs to those who don't.[/quote]

Why would they?  Plenty of kids already take a gap year or serve in the military before going to college.[/quote]

Or spend five years completing a degree. Or go back to school at a later age...[/quote]

Yes.  Many approaches work, and you can choose one only to find it would be great for one child and less so for your own, so you do your best.

I think the real problem is parents telling themselves that they can and should knock every barrier, real or imagined, out of their child's way and cue up advantages relative to other kids.  Don't get in that habit.  The only thing you're likely to accomplish is a dynamic where the whole family expects to avoid challenges instead of learning to conquer them, and that's not a recipe for building happy, productive adults. [/quote]

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