Best Years?

If you are a parent of a soon-to-be college student, I would caution against, even if just casually reminiscing, suggesting that these are the “best years” of one’s life.

What if this adds pressure on your student to make them so? And what if they’re just not? And what does that say for the rest of their life? Is it really all downhill from age 22? (Of course not!)

College is a time of wonder, excitement, exploration, failure and recovery, and growth. But shouldn’t all of life be that?