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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]iI think we parents need to realize that this is just their reality.  Everyone their age is going to be going thru the same thing.  There's no FOMO, because nothing to miss out on.  They are all in the same boat.[/quote]

That is not true at all. Many kids are back on campuses already, with dorm roommates, preparing for sorority or fraternity recruitment, hanging out with friends. Every college has a unique plan and every kid is in a different situation. My son goes to Georgetown. A lot of kids teamed up and rented apartments and houses, a lot got left out of those plans, and some couldn’t have afforded it anyway. There is huge FOMO. [/quote]

Same. DD has major FOMO here. [/quote]

I feel like this time has made FOMO worse. Mine see those carrying on as normal and long for that. Logically they know it is not safe but it doesn’t change their desire to party with friends. [/quote]

Our son has been more than willing to play it safe while his friends party like normal, knowing college was the light at the end of the tunnel and they had proper precautions in place. His college is all online now and there is no longer a light at the end of the tunnel. [/quote]

+1 Us as well. As a family, we've been very conservative about how we've interacted with other people because we wanted my daughter to be able to head off to college COVID free. They are testing the kids when they arrive and we wouldn't want her to have to quarantine for 2 weeks after finally getting to college if she tested positive. Her college will only have freshmen for first semester, and a shorter one than usual too.

She's been totally on board with this, but I'm sure if her college goes full remote that she'll wonder why she missed out on activities with friends this summer. College has been the only thing getting her through this long summer.[/quote]

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