When Your College Student Reaches Out to You, Finally

College. It’s out there. Looming. A big, fat, scary uncharted world. A world with soooo many unknowns. As many for us as for our kids. The biggest unknown, though, has got be whether or not we’re ever gonna hear from our kids again once they leave for school in the fall.

At this point in the school year, our kids have done most of the heavy lifting they’re going to do, so they’re just coasting to graduation day. For them, spring is a time to finally exhale. This is their endgame, when they c...