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 [...]
My dad passed away five years ago this month — and a day doesn’t go by when I don’t feel that my parenting is strongly influenced by how he parented me. My parenting tool kit is rich with strategies, options and alternatives, because Parenting Lesson #1 is: There is always another way — many ways in [...]
Informed Parents Ask… Should I help my student choose his or her major? Many colleges require students to declare a major by second semester of the sophomore year. Some students have a genuine sense of clarity around which major they want to choose, other students are undecided, and still others pick a major just for [...]
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 [...]
