And I have a child who’s a junior in high school, which means that everywhere I go, people want to talk about one thing: college. If I demur, I land in the chapter about how sad it is that our kids are so overstressed. After a two-month hiatus, I lose my cool with my daughter one night on the way to swim practice. She doesn’t stop for pedestrians!”Both conversations — college and driving — are stand-ins for the real subject that’s keeping us up at night: Our kids are leaving home in a year. I don’t want to spend our remaining time obsessing about where my daughter is going to college.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2018 18:00 UTC