If I make it into tougher schools, it's an added bonus. Dartmouth, a small Ivy League college in New Hampshire, is now his first choice. And that's why Beverly Bloom has gone out of control, as she puts it. She would love for her only child to stay in the state, bring a houseful of friends home on the holidays, and be available for Sunday-night dinners with his folks in Ann Arbor. Her reaction is common.
Many parents feel torn when their children want to attend schools in faraway places.
Parents often are proud and happy about their child's accomplishment, but at the same time, they begin to realize that life will change for the entire family. You have a goal that you both want and don't want. The closer to the goal you get, the more anxious you are and want to retreat. It's a passage, a point when life will change. Audrey Reed is counting the days until her daughter, Ebony, a freshman at the University of Missouri, returns home for Thanksgiving.