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When your teenager wants to delay college

My son wants to take a gap year and travel but I am terrified he will never go to college and I do not know if I am protecting him or projecting my own fears.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent struggles to distinguish between legitimate concern for their child's future and their own anxiety about societal expectations and security.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adolescence and the parent-teen relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.