Why I Finally Stopped Worrying if My Daughter Was Lonely at College

Human Nature - Laura G Owens - Writer
A Parent Is Born
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7 min readFeb 19, 2024

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Parents, I’ve been there. Your child heading off to college.

Your heart hurts. You envision the worst.

Back when my daughter started college (she’s 26 now) she was a little shy. I worried if she’d make friends. If she’d be lonely, anxious, depressed. She masks well.

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Human Nature - Laura G Owens - Writer
A Parent Is Born

Social commentary. Huffington Post. Personal essays. The human condition. 15 years researching and writing about mind & body natural health.