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[quote=Anonymous]I am very close to my child. She runs in the living room to read emails that announce good news (when she is home). She knows how proud I am of her hard work and the accomplishments that it has enabled.
 
I am also a professor, so can give her inside tips regarding college.

BUT, I believed she should take the lead with the whole college  search (deciding what type of school she wanted, which to visit, which to apply to, which to accept). She chose her essay topic, wrote a draft, and I read it over (as did an English teacher at her public school) to point out problematic areas (such as this," is awkward" or "needs to be broken into two sentences").

I was always available, to talk things over and take her to see schools (which I know is a luxury that COVID or finances did not permit for some families).

Now that she is in college, I have NO involvement with her assignments of course.  I do, upon her request, read over essays for internship or grad school applications. That is the extent of it.

It has worked for us. She is doing well. She has gained confidence and independence since high school. Part of that confidence was the result of making her own decisions, and seeing that I had faith in her ability to do so. [/quote]

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