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[quote=Anonymous]It's not fair to weigh her down with your anxieties. You need to find the capacity to support her sense of adventure and show some pride in her growing independence. Don't squash her sense of her own passions and preferences.

Check your emotion and help her try to understand the pros, cons, and likely day-to-day experiences. Does she have previous experiences to help her understand what being an ocean away from home for an extended time will be like? What excites her about hoing to a London college that can't be had with a semester abroad or holding off on foreign study until graduate school? Consider with her all those pros and cons raised by posters above.

Knowing something she wants to do now, even if she doesn't know the end point is a good thing, just as valid as the choice of major for people who have a clear and strong prefence on that decision.

If she does go forward with a London college, support her through the process. Don't jump on cold feet or homesickness as justification of your anxieties; instead, help her get past those things so that she can succeed in getting the experience she seeks.

As you know, what you should really be a nervous wreck about is her having the experience of being told her wants are less important than what others want from her.[/quote]

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