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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will say that I never expected this but restraint is the most important and hardest skill needed as parent of kid over 18. Of course there was a little of this teens years but nothing like when they go away. Unless asked do not offer opinion or projection on their decisions. Do not figure out how to get them out of Morocco when the last flight get canceled. Do not write their professors, boss, RA, administrators etc unless it is literally life or death. As you practice this restraint, the anxiety dissipates because you know that they can handle their own life. It’s very hard but it is their life and just enjoy that you brought them along to this point. I don’t say this lightly, it is really hard. But they have to learn to fail and get up. And you have to learn to live the rest of your life without the anxiety. You’ll always worry about your kid but you need to detach. [/quote]

I would help with flights because that is what friends and family do--I help my husband if he has that happen as well.

But I would never do any of the others--that is totally on them [/quote]

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