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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This conversation is very interesting to me! I am not originally from the US. In my country, students mostly live at home with parents and commute to school, with a much smaller fraction living in apartment shares near school. The concept of dorm life, the obsession with “finding yourself” in college, etc. are just not big considerations for students and their families. And yet, I’d say that in general, 18-22 year olds in my country problem solve with greater skill and are far more independent than their American counterparts, despite not “going away” to college.

I’m generally not a “get off my lawn!” type when it comes to American parenting, but I think posters here have it backwards. Instill the values of independence, diversity of thought/background/etc., when they are young. If they’ve already experienced those things throughout their lives, then the urgency of needing to go so far away to college (not to mention, the ungodly amount of money it takes to do so) won’t be such an issue. I see so many of my children’s friends and their families getting into debt or metaphorically killing themselves just for this purpose (and oftentimes to schools that aren’t even academically better than their in state options) and I just shake my head. [/quote]

What country is this?[/quote]

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