In the life events of a parent, sending your kid off to college is a momentous and prideful occasion. Everything you had worked for up to this point in keeping them focused on grades and good behavior through all the years while still having some fun culminates in the big life step of getting them established in college. There was also the big decision of what schools and scholarships to apply for especially if you’re hoping they drank the Kool-Aid of your alma matter after brain washing them sufficiently on their football program or favorite college team sport. When we adopted our son Marcus and daughter Vika from Russia, they were 3 and 1. It only took about 3 months when Marcus barely spoke any English to get him doing the fist pump with, Gooo Dawgs! (and “Jackets bad”, referring to my wife Becky’s Georgia Tech Yellowjackets).
