When Kelly Corrigan's daughters moved away to college, she was eager to stay involved in their lives. But her daughters were busy getting to know their new environment and figuring things out for themselves. When it came to the transition to college, one thing that you wrote, Kelly, is you actually were given guidance by the campus psychologist. That was like, hey, parents, now's your time to back the F off,.
Writer Kelly Corrigan always wanted a family. She craved the closeness and familiarity of a strong parent-child relationship. When her daughters were little, she relished knowing everything about their lives. But as her daughters grew older, the physical and emotional distance between Kelly and her daughters grew, too. While Kelly knew to expect this transition, it still broke her heart. In this conversation, Maya and Kelly reckon with the question of what parents and children owe each other.
For more on Kelly, check out her podcast, "Kelly Corrigan Wonders" and her PBS show, "Tell Me More."
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