I traveled with my teenage daughter, her boyfriend, and her best friend. I was nervous it would be awkward, but it was surprisingly fun.

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My daughter is studying criminal justice at community college, and after she gets her associate degree next spring, she wants to transfer to a four-year school. A few months ago, she found a forensic psychology program at Arizona State University, far from Maine, where we live. It's one of the few schools that offers a program in exactly what she wants to study, and she asked if we could go see the school.