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    Home » 30% of College Freshman Don’t Return. One Reason? Overprotection Left Them Unable to Cope

    30% of College Freshman Don’t Return. One Reason? Overprotection Left Them Unable to Cope

    November 25, 2018
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    When almost a third of all young people who start college don’t return, there must be a reason. An opinion piece in The New York Times states baldly,  “We expect students to go from parental control to near-total freedom.” Click here to go to Let Grow to discuss the stunting effects of overprotection.

     

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