Okay-- so the VERY first thing that we establish when unloading into a hotel room has
always been-- WHERE ARE THE EPIS located? Where do they live? Okay-- everyone got that? GOOD.
I'd imagine that the same thing would hold in a dorm room-- it's the way that we handle them at home, too. There's never a question about where they are-- and they are
accessible, too-- if you take your keys or lock the door behind you, they go with you. Period. They're NEVER behind a locked door or in someone else's possession.
Not your primary set, I mean.
I dunno-- there's something about the habit of YEARS behind it-- DD has literally not walked away without them in years, even to go for a walk or a quick trip somewhere, even when she's distracted (and, um-- she left my van wide open
twice this evening, btw, so this is, er-- definitely an issue sometimes with my child).
So I'm really confident that she won't go without them. Having a clear sense of major reactions when she's only had unavoidable/casual/environmental exposures helps there, too-- she
never wants to find herself in that situation and be without them, and she knows that it could happen on any given outing.
I have no idea what is so indispensible to young men, the way that a purse is to a young woman, though. Shoes? Even that might not be enough in a dorm setting, though.