Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 10:35     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a senior and lately has been really worried about leaving home for college and college in general. She also worries a lot about the future — whether she’ll find the right career, the right spouse who’s a great fit for her, etc.

She has spent a lot of time crying about this, and it hurts to see her hurting.

For parents who went through this with their teens, what actually helped?


Also, for an 18 YO girl, a lot of it is likely hormonal.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 10:26     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
^^ good point about social media. Sometimes knowledge of other peoples' experiences is not a good thing! Too much borrowing trouble!

Does she have something she's excited about before she goes away?

Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:36     Subject: Re:What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
Anonymous wrote:OP. She doesn’t have a boyfriend, and she’s not having friend issues. She’s not normally anxious either.



Maybe too much social media? Girls her age often watch influencers who tout the importance of mothers raising their children and not working, etc. Others push education at all costs. Maybe it’s overload.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 16:32     Subject: Re:What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
OP. She doesn’t have a boyfriend, and she’s not having friend issues. She’s not normally anxious either.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 16:16     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
Does she have a boyfriend? Or may have had a sexual, on some level, experience?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 16:03     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
I don't think that much crying is normal, to be honest, OP. Was she always anxious in general?

It's natural for kids to be stressed about leaving home... but most of them process it and get over it. As for worries about career and family, wow. That is definitely far outside the norm, OP!

She needs to be evaluated, but you don't have much time before she leaves.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 16:00     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
OP, where is she going? How far from home? What friends are also going to the same school?

My guess is, for ordinary seniors, there is something else going on. There is a boy. She is heartbroken about something. Or there is a BFF who she no longer feels close to. Or there is a friend group that she no longer feels a part of.

But probably a boy
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 15:54     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
Anonymous wrote:I didn't go through this as a parent but I think getting several early and varied acceptances would be a good idea. Get all materials in in August, hear in Sept or Oct. Schools of various distances away.

Expand out from there.


I think the kid is leaving for college in the Fall (current senior).
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 15:26     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
Does she have anxiety? I don't think it's normal to spend a lot of time crying about this.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 15:05     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
I didn't go through this as a parent but I think getting several early and varied acceptances would be a good idea. Get all materials in in August, hear in Sept or Oct. Schools of various distances away.

Expand out from there.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 13:39     Subject: What helped your teen with senior fears/worries?
My daughter is a senior and lately has been really worried about leaving home for college and college in general. She also worries a lot about the future — whether she’ll find the right career, the right spouse who’s a great fit for her, etc.

She has spent a lot of time crying about this, and it hurts to see her hurting.

For parents who went through this with their teens, what actually helped?