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Peanut Posted Oct 19, 2012
Hi Sus 
College is good, it has taken some time to get the timetable settled for definate and now that it is, it is nearly half term 
How are you and yours?
Sus
$u$ Posted Oct 20, 2012
We're good thanks. 
So what subjects are on the agenda?
We really must catch up some time! Would you fancy meeting up in Bath maybe?
Sus
Peanut Posted Oct 22, 2012
Health and Social Care Dip 
She has made friends and is self motivated about going to college. She assures me that she is keeping up with her work in her spare time, I am a little worried that she has seemed to have an awful lot of time catching up on 'Supernatural'. Making her way through box sets 
I have bitten my tongue. Mostly, just commented the once gently, I am a little worried that you might not be keeping up quite keeping with your work schedule. She assures me that she is.
I have been meaning to ask you about this. While I have been supportive and interested, Hiccup is now at college and is 17. I have taken a big step back in my involvement which was considerable while she was at school, to only being here should she actively ask for my help, which she has on occasion and as I have said being interested but not overly enquiring in the 20 questions sort of way 
We discussed this so she knows that it is not that I just stopped caring
But I can't help feeling little wobbly about how hands off is too hands off?
So when she says that she is keeping up with her schedule I believe her, only my idea of keeping up may be quite different to hers, and also she is really not great in anticipating how much time it takes her do things.
On the one hand I think learn by experience but she has had quite a lot of experience of the timing thing and hasn't seemed to quite of twigged. So on other hand I think I should be still be given her prods like as at school
mmm long post, sorry, but I would really appreciate to know how you did that letting go thing as yours got to be young adults. Did you have to think about it or did it happen naturally?
I think you are a great parent so that is why I have been meaning to ask you
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