Parents want 17-year-old to take a gap year after committing to out-of-state college
After their 17-year-old daughter committed to a university across the country, her parents say they're hesitant to send her this fall and are urging a gap year — but she immediately rejects the idea.
Dear Eric: My daughter recently committed to a university across the country, and she is supposed to start in the coming fall. She is only 17 and we think that she should be older before starting this new chapter of her life.
This among other reasons is why my husband and I have been increasingly hesitant to send her off to college this year and we want her to take a gap year, but each time I mention it, she immediately shuts the idea down without even thinking about it. It is like she does not even hear me talking to her.