How To Send Your Kid to College (and Keep Your Distance)
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer is about to send her oldest child off to college in the fall—and her kid isn't the only one who's anxious about the transition. On this episode of How To!, host Carvell Wallace and Jennifer talk with Christine Self, director of parent and family relations at Texas Tech University, about navigating a huge change, making the most of campus visits, talking about alcohol, and how much access you actually need to your kid's life.
Resources mentioned:
You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me) by Marjorie Savage
If you liked this episode check out: How To Take a Gap Year and How To Pick a College (and Actually Afford It).
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| 1:04.9 | Okay, on with the show. Let's meet this week's listener. I'm Jennifer and I am mom to Maddie, |
| 1:10.3 | who is on her way to college in the fall. |
| 1:13.6 | Are you excited? I have all the feelings. I am definitely excited because she's a great kid. |
| 1:21.8 | Uh-huh. But I'm definitely sad because she's a great kid. |
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