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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever a typical campus is... I feel very confident that my child will thrive at whatever school he gets to attend.  No worries.  [/quote]
Good for you that your kid is a boy.[/quote]
I have a boy (and a girl). I worry plenty. "Thriving" in academics has zero to do with something slipped in a drink, an underage girl saying she's 19, you own kids' poor choices. I give my kids the typical talk/warnings and off they go. But yes I worry. [/quote]
How do you imagine they'll deal with drinking, and stay safe?[/quote]
Anyone?[/quote]

My DD recently graduated from a SLAC that received the national spotlight after a female student's rape story was published in the NY Times.  Admin aggressively changed the school's rape policy likely a result of this girl's story.

To be honest, I never expected that our DD would do a lot of social drinking in college but maybe she did.  As a parent you have no control over what your kid is doing at college.  And, you'll drive yourself nuts trying to imagine what they may or may not be doing.  During junior year, DD shared with us stories of passed out drunk girls, kids vomiting all over the place, I was terrified.  I asked her if she drank and she said yes, just glad she was an athlete who trained year round.

Talking doesn't seem to do much good, they perceive it as blah, blah, blah.  They feel free, mommy and daddy's not around, they're in college and want to be cool and have fun.  My DD did say that once the school started having frequent workshops on date rape and alcohol abuse, it opened up dialogue within the student body.    [/quote]

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