College dream... why is it becoming more of a risk?

I remember the movie "Nemo". Nemo's father said, "I don't want anything to happen to him"; and Dori (his friend) said, "that is strange, if you don't want nothing to happen to him, then there will be nothing that will ever happen to him". In other words if you don't take some risk, yes you maybe "safe" but not the life lived of its potentials. If your daughter is already old enough and you have given so much good values to your kid, maybe it's high time for you to work together on this. Learning to trust each other in the open ocean. But if the case is that your daughter is still to young, then build her EQ to go with her IQ more. At the end of the day you still are the master of your own household. Do what you believe is best never by virtue of fear because. My mom use to say, "Do nothing out of fear".

It is the sad thing to hear that a person will be employed, if graduated in a prestige school. I hope this will changed, in fact some are not that efficient and effective.

I think from the moment we send our children to school, we already are taking the risk. The risk is never ending and if we let that risks bother us, then we would not be a successful person in the future. We parents only wanted the best educations for our children and one way to doing that is to send them to the best school that we can afford. There is not "safe" place outside the home, so better weigh the pros and cons if you let your child go out on her own.

It really doesn't matter whether your kid is going to a school with high reputation or not, as long as your kid is very talented and brought up well, she won't be having too much problem especially with bad influences that may come her way. It's but natural to be scared especially for your own kids nowadays. But, as long as she likes the school she's going to, and have great family support, then I think she will enjoy every bit of her college life. Good luck and don't worry too much!

Hi.. I am not yet a mother but I would like to share to you some risks my mom took. Firstly, I don't want to study in Manila because of the pollution, the traffic, heat, and it's super busy city for me. 11 years ago, I wanted to study in Baguio (SLU) and that was the only school that I wanna go to. That was the only school I had an exam too and thank God I passed. So, my mom let me. Like the other comments, you just have to trust your daughter.

hey, I think if your daughter is really intelligent and you can afford to get her in a good college then just don't step back because of people. If i would be at your place i would have take the risk, just trust on her, trust on whatever you make her learn. its a time she should now learn to face people on her own. You can't protect her from people always, I think you should take a risk.

i don't know about that in this day and age. i agree with you. it's not my kids i don't trust, it's the world. at some point we have to let them lead their own lives. i myself am looking forward to putting it off as long as possible. my oldest is not quite there yet, but i told him that i want him to stay home when he goes to college, at least until junior year.

I will ask my son what he wanted. Which school my child will be selected. I do not want to be affected by other people talk. For me, the school where my child is okay. Importantly, my children live with pleasure, and not forced. If it is, go to school far away, I will not stop him. Worried I definitely experienced. But, if it has become a choice of my child, I will not block. I will always monitor my child, even in distant places.