I have twins who are quite successful academically, have taken honors, have taken APs, and are great college candidates. However, when I mention college, they always groan and won't talk about it. I get it, they are hearing tons at school and I kow there is the ambivalence of knowing that life as you've known it is ending and you are starting a new part of your life. I've tried to be enthusiastic, I've tried standing back, but we are down to interview and application time and they get upset if I even mention the word "college". I'm stumped. I know they each have first choices and really want to go there, yet at the same time when I try to encourage them to reach out and act on their own behalf they freak out with anxiety. I should say that they are dealing with the stress of my husband having pancreatic cancer as well, but we have to move ahead on this.
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