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[quote=Anonymous]I think if there is a 4-year college that's appropriate for him and in commutable distance, it's a good option. He may feel like he's not ready to go out on his own. It saves money too. I know a number of students who have lived at home while going to college (especially kids of immigrant parents, where in their home countries this is typical). Obviously, it's easier if you are in a relatively dense metropolitan area with multiple college that are a reasonable commute.

My DS has a friend who goes to a university about an hour away (and get can there via public transportation). He has a dorm on campus, but he comes home every single weekend. I think he just likes being home and having his parents cook for him and everything, and not much of a partier. So that may be an alternative.

I would also consider if you feel like you would be pressuring him to live on campus for reasons of your own. A lot of parents assume their kid will go away, and plan accordingly. Meaning if he's your last or only and you thought you'd have an empty nest, and now you won't, or even if you have other kids at home but you thought you'd lose the daily workload of caring for another person daily, and now you won't--think about if that is affecting your motivation about having him go away.

Of course we love our kids and miss them when they're gone, but there is definitely more parenting when they are physically at home vs. when they are not.[/quote]

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