Anonymous wrote:I could go thread by thread in DCUM and tell you with 90+ percent accuracy which posters are going to have "friction" with their college-aged kids. It's not rocket science. Be supportive, be cool, have a sense of humor, don't nag. Even when you disagree, speak to them like they're intelligent adults, not recalcitrant toddlers. Do these things and magically the "friction" goes away.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of it. My son with a serious mental illness is home from school. He’s decided to stop taking his medication and got a medical marijuana card. It took years to get him in a good place to be able to go to college and now this. I feel like he must hate me for doing this. I thought we were past the hard part.