Dear Girl in Target, Please Let Your Dad Do This for You

I had empathy for this man (who was obviously the dad of a college freshman) as he stood
across the aisle from me, because in his quest to find the right tool to adjust to a new chapter in life, I saw the familiar angst of parental transitions.

Father wants to send his soon-to-be-freshman daughter with the tools (literal and figurative) she needs to live independently. (Shutterstock pixelheadphoto digitalskillet)

He was so earnest in his pursuit, yet was so quickly rebuked, that I felt compe...