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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter hates the heat and is really looking at Northeast, and upper Midwest.  She has a tendency to be lazy outside of sports and my concern is those cold/snowy winter months are tough on the kids as there is no sitting outside, picnicking, socializing outside etc...  I feel like it is a recipe for depression and loneliness.  I am trying to steer her towards some southern/western schools emphasizing she won't be there during the summer. She loves the snow but rarely skis and not sure if all these colleges up north will benifit her emotionally.

Any feedback would be great. [/quote]

I don't mean this cruelly, but you come across as VERY helicoptery with this post.  Does your daughter honestly think that it's not in the 90's in the summer in New York and New England?  Have you never heard of skiing?  Snowboarding?  Ice skating? The winter Olympics? There are a slew of cold-weather sports.  Plus all the sports normally played indoors - yoga, basketball, volleyball, swimming, etc.  Plus, do you honestly think every kid who lives somewhere that has true winters is fat and lazy?  Come on!  There are more ways to socialize than by picnicking.  Hell, I'm 41 and have only been to two picnics in my entire life.

I think you're completely wrong in the direction you're pushing her.  Kids change a lot in college. [/quote]

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