When I applied to a school almost five hours away, I didn’t realize how much I would miss my two younger sisters. The afternoons of making hot chocolate, talking about boys, flipping through magazines, and complaining about our mother were more therapeutic than I realized. Once the luxury of having that daily, safe place with my sisters was gone, I realized how important they were in my life.
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Sending Your Kids Off to College? It’s Not Like It Used to Be
These days, it feels as if college preparation has gone from a pretty straightforward business that started at the beginning of our junior year to an actual business our kids (and we) are supposed to be fully invested in starting in the 7th grade.
If You’re Confused or Stressed About Your Kids’ College Education, You’re Not Alone
There is so much that goes into this decision, from preparing our children for a college interview, to figuring out how to pay for college without crippling ourselves with mountains of debt or having our kids take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.