What Going Away To College Did For My Relationship With My Mom

If you are a mom to a son or daughter who is about to leave your home to go away to college, and you are struggling with your relationship, I want to share something with you.

In high school, I couldn’t stand my mother. We would fight so much it affected my three sisters. She’d push, I’d push 10 times harder. I remember telling her when I left for school I wasn’t going to come home, ever. Not on breaks, not during summer vacation, not ever.

Part of this was to get a rise out of her and see wh...