A mother whose first-born child had just gone off to college, asked me to write about what she called long-distance parenting. Having raised three children, she thought she had mastered needed parenting skills but since her son is away at school she finds herself at a loss as to how to be an appropriate parent. She can't make sure he is eating properly and getting enough sleep. Everything she associates with being a mother is no longer operative and she feels at a loss about how to provide the [...]
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