I stopped parenting my 5 kids when they went to college. It changed our relationship.
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Susan Solomon Yem
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Watching my five children enter adulthood taught me that parenting doesn't end after college — it just changes.
I stopped parenting my 5 kids when they went to college. It changed our relationship.
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Susan Solomon Yem
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