What does failure mean to your college freshman? Learn why failure is so valuable at this stage of life and how you can help your freshman cope with failing!
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Why Your Good Student Is Getting Bad Grades
Why is your capable college freshman getting bad grades? Discover 4 common causes for struggling grades and ways in which you can help!
How to Support Your Freshman During Midterms Week
Midterms week is here! How can a you help your college freshman stay focused and excel during midterms? Try these 3 things!
How to Help Your Homesick College Freshman
Is your college freshman’s homesickness normal? Yes, and here are 6 things you as a parent can do about it.
How Often Should You Visit Your Child in College?
Should you be visiting your freshman at college? And how often should you visit? Discover how visiting too often impacts your college student!
Why Your Freshman's Grades Are Lower in College (And What You Can Do About It)
Academic success in high school does not guarantee this trend will repeat in college. Learn why your freshman’s grades might be lower than you expected and how you can help!
How to Help Your Freshman Be a Self Advocate
Does your freshman know how to be a self advocate? Help your freshman conquer one of the most important skills he or she will learn this year!
4 Questions Every Parent Should Consider About the College Experience
The college experience: the college parent’s friend or foe? Contemplate these 4 questions to help your child navigate this new experience called college.
A College Parent Identity Crisis: Who Am I Now?
How do you avoid losing who you are after dropping off your college freshman? Consider these 3 suggestions!
The College Parent’s Guide to Finding Cheap Textbooks
How can you help your freshman prepare for his or her first semester? Learn how you can offer assistance in the textbook-acquiring process!
10 Questions College Parents Should Ask Before Freshman Year Starts
How can you prepare for the transition from high school to college ahead? Sit down and ask your freshman these 10 questions!
How to Help Your Soon-to-Be College Freshman Behave Like an Adult
Adult behavior doesn’t automatically start at 18. How can you help your child develop into the adult you know he or she can be? Implement these 4 practices in your parenting!
How Many Credits Should Your College Freshman Take?
How many credits is too many credits? Help your college freshman plan for a successful semester by determining the best number of credits for your child!
How to Spend Meaningful Time With Your High School Graduate Before College
The summer break isn’t over yet. How can you spend quality time with your child before he heads to college? Plan for these 3 things!
How to Help Your Child Excel in College
What can you do to give your child an advantage heading into college? Discover 3 tips that prepare your child for the start of his college journey!
13 Freshman Orientation Questions Parents Should Ask
Freshmen orientation is here! What questions should parents be asking? View these 13 questions that parents should ask or have their college-student-to-be ask.
11 College Buys Parents May Need to Help With
What does your new college student need for college? These items are ones your child may not be sure about purchasing. Help them prepare for college with these 11 college buys!
Parents Are People Too
You are a person too! Who knew? Your high school graduate may be just realizing that you are a person and a parent. How can you transition into this new stage of your parent-child relationship?
Helping Your High School Graduate Without Hovering
How much help is too much help? As a parent, finding the balance between offering help and hovering can be difficult. Learn how you can avoid hovering in these 3 areas!
Being, Not Doing: How to Focus on What You Want Your High School Graduate to Become
How can you shift your focus from doing to being? Help your high school graduate become these 5 things this summer with these insights!