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Separation Anxiety: Parents and Students Deal with Leaving for College

This month, thousands of recent high school graduates will head off to college and for many, it will be their first time away from home. Despite the excitement of beginning a new phase in their lives, feelings of anxiety are completely normal—for both the new college freshmen and their parents.

Moving into a dorm and being instantly immersed into a completely foreign environment can cause anxiety and even bouts of homesickness in young people, but things are often worse for parents th…