Kay Gruder

Students desperately need help learning how to verbalize their strengths and competencies with confidence. This is increasingly important when they seek campus leadership positions, apply for summer internships or jobs, approach faculty about joining research teams, etc. What does this have to do with parenting? Create opportunities, through conversation, for your student to talk about his or her strengths.  In doing [...]

  Trust is earned and it is a basic building block of our interpersonal relationships – and this is certainly true in our family interactions.  When a student goes to college, parents are often faced with exploring whether or not they trust their child to make good decisions and to stay safe.  In my parent [...]