Dorm Bedding

Going away to college is an exciting time. for the student, it is often the first time when they are solely responsible for themselves. For parents its a time for a new bundle of concerns and worry to begin to emerge. For both it is a big change and a time when many young adults learn what life is like when they are living on their own. This is when most young adults learn not only how to take care of themselves but how to care for the space they live in as well. In the last decade, living in a dorm has also meant living and dealing with an outbreak of bedbugs.

Parents spend a great deal of time preparing their student for dorm life. Life lessons such as learning to live on a strict budget, setting up a study schedule only they are responsible for keeping as well as basic housekeeping are usually high on the list. And although most parents also discuss sharing the beds of others, these conversations rarely revolve around the spread of bedbugs. This pest is not only a menace on many campus dorms, but also easily spread but all but impossible to exterminate without professional intervention.
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