{"id":26706,"date":"2025-03-19T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=26706"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T21:39:09","slug":"fellas-lets-figure-it-out-call-your-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/03\/19\/fellas-lets-figure-it-out-call-your-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellas, Let\u2019s Figure It Out<\/em>: Call your mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no debating that independence is a cornerstone of the college experience. The freedom that is part of post-secondary education can be empowering and terrifying at the same time. While the newfound independence in college is a rite of passage for most young adults, it can be a tough and scary time for our parents.<\/p>\n

No matter how independent you were in high school, you were still there, and I\u2019ve come to learn that life is much different when the time comes to start post-secondary or move away.<\/p>\n

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Fellas, Let’s Figure It Out<\/em> is a column appearing in every issue of Nexus<\/em> (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I moved away to college when I was 17 years old. Four years later, I\u2019m just starting to realize how difficult that experience was on my parents. The term \u201cempty nest syndrome\u201d isn\u2019t just a cliche thrown around at dinner parties\u2014it\u2019s a real thing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While I was off enjoying my first taste of unrestricted freedom, making poor decisions in a small town in southwest Minnesota, my moms were hurting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019m older, hopefully a bit wiser, and have moved back home for the foreseeable future, I see how difficult that was. It leaves me with a slight sense of regret. Regret that I didn\u2019t call my mom more often.<\/p>\n

I know that nobody\u2019s relationship with their parents is perfect, but if you\u2019re reading this on a college campus, chances are the helped pave the way to get you here. Don\u2019t forget about them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in college but still living at home, your relationship with your parents has probably changed a bit since high school. My time at home is shorter, and my time away working and studying is longer.<\/p>\n

If this is your situation, I think it\u2019s important to still make time for family. It all comes down to planning around your priorities.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so easy to get caught up in meeting new people, going to parties or bars, and exploring new places that you can forget what really matters: family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A mentor explained this to me in a way that really changed my perspective. The people who raised and cared for you through the good and the bad love you unconditionally; the people who you met two weeks ago in a lecture hall or on a dating app probably don\u2019t. Prioritize accordingly.<\/p>\n

My suggestion here is simple: make time, call your mom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no debating that independence is a cornerstone of the college experience. The freedom that is part of post-secondary education can be empowering and terrifying at the same time. While the newfound independence in college is a rite of passage for most young adults, it can be a tough and scary time for our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,329],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-march-19-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26707,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706\/revisions\/26707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}