I wish I could talk to the admissions counselor and nail down some of these questionable statements, but I think my son needs to handle any of those discussions.
He should handle all of those discussions and now is the time to remove yourself! You can't! And you shouldn't be involved! If he truly wants it and if you want him to have the best chance of success at the AFA remove your ARSE now. Tell him, this is your life and at some point I have to cut the apron strings, I am cutting 1 of them now so you can step up. Beauty is you still have the 2nd apron string!
That is hard to read, but it is the truth. Come July when he gets on the bus, it is all him! You will not be there to catch him.
Everything I have written is cliche, but cliches exist for a reason...there is truth in them!
It is hard to let our children go, trust me I know that...been there, done that and got the tee shirt 3 yrs ago!
I know where you are at as a parent, but I cannot stress hard enough WALK AWAY! I was like you, "please someone give me a sign"! I wasted time wrapping myself up in what others had to say and losing time just being there for our DS. 3 yrs later I am now wishing that I had that time back because in 1 yr from now it will be our last of lasts..last Thanksgiving, last Christmas, last spring break. Don't be me...if he gets the AFA GREAT, if he doesn't GREAT TOO! Fate is fate, trust in that!
Spend this time planning his prom, his graduation party, ordering Pizza in and hearing his friends shouting from his room as they play XBox or PS3 while you scream to him QUIET DOWN. You will miss it, and if you do not heed my advice you will be like me and regret that you didn't heed it...other posters gave me the same advice, when our DS called the ball in Feb., I was able to grasp what they were saying.
TRUST ME time travels too fast!