Are you the only parent with these worries? These 4 worries distress other parents of high school graduates too. Learn how you can conquer them with these tips!
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How to Prepare for Your Freshman Coming Home for Summer Break
Your freshman is coming home for summer break. How can you prepare for the return? Remember these 4 things about your freshman’s return home.
How to Encourage Your Weary College Freshman
How can you encourage your college freshman? Your child is sleep-deprived, stressed, and longing for break. Encourage your freshman in these 5 areas!
9 Ways to Think About Your Role as a College Parent
How should you think about your parenting role? Your freshman is grown up. Does your role need to grow up with him? Use these 9 comparisons to help you parent your college freshman.
How to Listen to Your College Freshman
You are trying to listen well to your freshman, but somehow you always come up short. Your freshman is frustrated and so are you. How can you listen better?
How to Talk About Your Freshman's Future
Your freshman does not understand what adulthood is truly like. He is inexperienced and naive. How can you help him find summer work and plan for his future career?
How College Parents Can Teach Gratitude
Teaching gratitude doesn’t stop when your freshman is at college. Learn how these using 3 habits can help instill a grateful attitude in your child!
Before and After: Spring Break From Your Freshman's Perspective
What is spring break like for your college freshman? Help your freshman have a good spring break experience by seeing it from your freshman’s point of view.
How to Show Your Freshman That Character Matters
How can college parents communicate that character matters? Exemplify that character matters through your own behavior. See how your actions and words influence your freshman’s character.
Putting the Care in Care Package
Do care packages matter to college freshmen? You rarely received one while in college. See why care packages matter, how often you should send them, and what items you should and shouldn’t include.
Doing Before Loving
Doing or loving? Which comes first? How is “doing what you love” harmful to your freshman’s college years and future career? Consider these questions.
What Valentine’s Day Means to Your Freshman
Does Valentine’s Day have any meaning to your freshman? This holiday is actually filled with pressure and feelings of anxiety for your freshman. How can you help?
When College Parents Should Step In
College parents work hard to let go, but when should they get involved? If your freshman faces any of these 4 situations, consider stepping in.
How to Help Your Sick College Freshman
Hearing about your freshman being sick at college is miserable. Why does she keep getting sick? How can you help? Learn how to help your freshman battle sickness!
“I Told You So”: The Most Discouraging Words for Your Freshman to Hear
“I told you so”—these words echo in your college freshman’s mind. You didn’t mean to discourage him, but your freshman feels discouraged for these 3 reasons.
Relationship Advice College Parents Should and Shouldn't Give
Relationships—whether romantic or not—are an important part of a college education. Give helpful relationship advice to your freshman as she learns to build relationships as a young adult.
Saying Goodbye to Your College Freshman Again
Saying goodbye only seems to get harder with each semester. But why? You now understand these 4 pressures facing your college freshman during second semester.
5 New Year’s Goals for Parents of College Freshmen
Making goals for the new year is not just for college freshmen. What 5 goals can college parents make that will help their freshmen succeed second semester?