I've adjusted how I parent my college-age daughter. I need to trust that I've taught her to do the right thing.

Courtesy of Lisa VanderVeen.

My daughter is an only child, so our relationship is supremely precious to me. Admittedly, I helicoptered my way through the first 18 years of her life, likely inserting myself a little too much at times. Now that she's in college, I'm shifting the parenting balance to honor her independence. In the three years since she's gone away to school, I've learned new ways to support her at this stage of life.