How to Bounce Back if Your Kid Rejects Your Beloved Alma Mater

I knew it from the moment I set foot on campus.  It was the fall of my senior year of high school and a friend of mine who had just begun her freshman year of college invited me to visit her at school.  It was a quick two-day trip, but it was filled with activities and brand new experiences.

I attended my first Division I football game where I saw school spirit taken to new heights.  I walked around campus and truly understood what “collegiate feel” meant.  I had my first taste of meal-pl...