The anticipation of a student coming home for Thanksgiving or Winter breaks is often a mixed bag of emotions. Happiness that they are coming home, concerns about changes and new levels of independence. Your student is experiencing much of the same. With a little forethought and discussion families can reduce the opportunity for stressful [...]
While colleges design Family Weekend to be festive, informative and fun, it is often a time when students and their parents have very different expectations about how the two or three days will be spent. Family Weekend can actually be a stressful time, but there are many things you can do to keep the weekend [...]
Informed Parents Ask… What if my college student is unhappy? It is difficult to hear when our student is unhappy, especially when we know what the price tag is of a college education. Lots of times a student may seem universally unhappy but more often than not, with effective communication, we can learn what is [...]
