Some parenting lessons don’t hit until you’re in a parking lot, crying with your kid, trying to help them through something you can’t fix.
This Greatest Hits episode from our first season walks through a tough moment with our daughter Teagan... her first big roommate conflict in college... and how we had to learn a new way to parent her through it. From awkward campus moments to the heartbreak of long-distance support, we’re revisiting this story now because we know so many of you will be in this season soon. The drop-offs may be done, but the emotional aftermath is just around the corner.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro to Greatest Hits episode
0:31 Why this topic hits home for parents
2:23 Parents Weekend: Fun and emotional whiplash
5:04 Watching other families struggle
6:51 Letting adult kids make decisions
9:58 Handling downtime with your college kid
14:50 Parking lot tears and a hard goodbye
18:09 Roommate conflict from a distance
21:08 The instinct to fix everything
24:47 Letting them handle it... but staying close
26:26 Supportive friendships make all the difference
29:00 Growth, resolution, and a sigh of relief
34:34 The next visit: hoping for peace
35:16 Final reflections
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