Sending kids away to college

My father and I talked for a long time and finally decided I'd go to the Scholars program in the local university, rather than my top choice. It was my mother who knew how much I wanted to go to Amherst, and finally spoke up and decided that that was what was going to happen. She felt that it was not right for me to go for the local university, as good as it was. I was really surprised because she had been very hesitant about sending me away all along.