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Parents Coping Up With Their Emotions As Kids Leave the Nest And Go To College -Part 2
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I would recommend you listen to part 1 of the episode titled "Parents Coping Up With Their Emotions As Kids Leave the Nest And Go To College -Part 1"
Link to the audio below:
https://anchor.fm/lalitha289/episodes/Parents-Coping-Up-With-Their-Emotions-As-Kids-Leave-the-Nest-And-Go-To-College--Part-1-e16g0bu
As colleges are reopening, many parents are going through the process of sending their kids to the Dorm. For the purposes of this episode, I intend to cover the emotional and mental process that sensitive parents go through when they send their son or daughter to the Dorm. For the sake of simplicity, I am going use the word child and gender "she"
In Part 1 of my episode, I mentioned the three concerns that my friend V had. To quickly mention they were security, interaction and intimidation and her apprehension of mind wandering. I am not a counselor but based upon my friend’s request who finds value in the expression of my experiential wisdom, I am motivated to do my best to help with some suggestions that worked for me personally
As parents let's work on our mindset. The first step is to literally say to yourself something like this. "Lalitha your child has made several responsible decisions in the past. As she goes away from home and explores living in the Dorm by herself, you must trust that she will do so in the future too. You have…