on walking away....

ok, so this morning a co-worker disclosed that her daughter was walking away from a basketball scholarship before the season and would be transferring to uk next semester....not to play ball...but to be closer to home.....and to not be at a school that she ended up not liking as much as she thought she did......and to get away from a roommate that she didn't like....and the list goes on....but this poor mamma blames herself for not making her child stick it out and make good on her commitments.....the daddy may also be blaming the mamma as well.....seems the coach called the daddy to find out what the deal was....and all the daddy could think to say was that the daughter missed her mamma.....and the mamma encouraged it.....omg.....i felt so bad for this woman......but what can one say at this point other than to urge her to support her child in a decision that has already been make.......there is some merit in walking away and cutting one's losses straight away rather than dragging out the inevitable.....another co-worker's youngest child is on the 3rd college and appears to be on track to graduate now that the fit has been found.......