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I Actually found the other thread interesting but don't know why it was shut down, however I think discussing college and stereotypes be realities is a good discussion to have. I've certainly seen/ learned a lot and I'm still a first year.
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I ran into the other thread, and see why it was closed. I'll avoid the same happening here, and just say that as a parent of 3 adults now, we let ours go off to college and live in dorms or shared apartments. You have to be confident that you raised them to do what's right, and avoid situations that are not good for them. They all turned out just fine, and what they might have done that we don't know about certainly won't hurt us.
Now obviously this is a little more pushy I guess than the opinions I have heard but I do agree that there is a double standard esp when it comes to college aged students ( everywhere else in life as well but I see it more now than in the past)
@hemlock I agree I mean I'm still a freshman but I've had a few rough days. Still doesn't take away from the fact that my parents raised me well- that's why I can take responsibility for what has Happened and move on... Do my parents no everything? Absolutely not But I think its better that way. Like I would hate to know everything that my sister will be doing (completely dreading her being a teen )
Something else I've noticed is how people don't really bug guys when it comes to home keeping skills. Like I cannot count how many guys I've had to teach how to do laundry.... Yet I heard a girl ask and the answer was like "how do you not know how to do laundry"
Something else I've noticed is how people don't really bug guys when it comes to home keeping skills. Like I cannot count how many guys I've had to teach how to do laundry.... Yet I heard a girl ask and the answer was like "how do you not know how to do laundry"
I got a kick out of this. My 3 boys all knew how to do laundry before they left for college, but I admit, I am not OCD about cleaning. They all had their own bathrooms and bedrooms at home, so I just closed the doors when they got too gross for general viewing.
We visited our youngest at school last fall, and I brought food. I couldn't bring myself to put out the platters in their kitchen until I had done some major cleaning. My son agreed it was gross, and jumped at the invitation to live with a girl this semester. It turns out she is worse than any of the guys he has lived with previously when it comes to cleanliness.
There are certain life skills that need to be taught to our kids before we unleash them on the world.
Something else I've noticed is how people don't really bug guys when it comes to home keeping skills. Like I cannot count how many guys I've had to teach how to do laundry.... Yet I heard a girl ask and the answer was like "how do you not know how to do laundry"
I had to teach my roommate how to do laundry. I also knew many other girls, but mainly guys needed to know.
I was forced to start doing my laundry by the start of senior year. From what I knew from my friends, I thought that was pretty late (many started at the beginning of high school) but clearly I'm not last
and what they might have done that we don't know about certainly won't hurt us.
or vice versa
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