article_snippet: Madonna may have decided to abandon Madonna own undergraduate education in favor of focusing on Madonna then-burgeoning music career, but that hasn't stopped Madonna from offering some sage advice to Madonna Lourdes, who is currently a college freshman.
article_snippet: During an interview with the Today show's Carson Daly, the 56-year-old singer, whose daughter is currently enrolled at the University of MichiganMichigan, Madonna's alma mater, revealed that Madonna gave the teenager three key pieces of advice, before Madonna started at college. '
article_snippet: Everything in moderation: Madonna, 56, revealed to the Today show's Carson Daly that Madonna offered Madonna daughter Lourdes three pieces of advice before Madonna left for college .
article_snippet: Lourdes's well being .
article_snippet: But, despite Madonna constant worries about Madonna teenage daughter, who is following in Madonna mother's footsteps by studying performing arts, it doesn't look like Madonna will be allowed anywhere near the campus in the near future - at least if Lourdes has anything to do with it.
article_snippet: Madonna and Lourdes have worked together in the past, collaborating on Madonna and Lourdes Material Girl clothing line, which is a joint venture .
article_snippet: : Lourdes, now 18, pictured in February 2008 (L) and December 2009 (R), is used to sharing the spotlight with Madonna famous mother, and often attends events alongside the popstar .
article_snippet: Family ties: Madonna now has four children (from left to right) - David, nine, Lourdes, Mercy, nine, and Rocco, 14 . '
highlights_snippet: Lourdes, 18, is currently enrolled as a freshman at the University of Michigan, her mother's alma mater .
  
highlights_snippet: Madonna, 56, was given a scholarship to the college in 1976 but decided to leave two years later in order to focus on music full time .