Parent adjustments as children leave for college 7 Articles

by Robin Rathmell

In only 9 days, my youngest son Aaron will turn 18, and I'm going through a phase. I'm sure it's one of those transitions from one season of my life to another, but knowing what it is makes it none the easier to accept. ...read more

by Peggy Lindgren

For 18 years, we knew this day would come quickly and preparing my son for college was the priority. Little did I know I should have spent as much time preparing this transition for my husband and myself. What a wond...read more

by Tamara Sinclair

I am going to write this from the other side of the fence, as a student who has left for college and let parents know the right and wrong ways that my parents dealt with it.I guess my situation is a bit different because I...read more

by MJ Suttor

I raised an independent young lady who for the last 18 months in our home had lived a very independent life. She had a part-time job, friends and school activities that took her away during family meals and often arrived h...read more

by Veronica Writer

The stores are full of dorm room items in anticipation of all the new college students and their parents anxious to make sure everything goes perfect on move in day. The move into college, means moving out of home. Even if...read more

by Raven Lebeau

"Dos and Don'ts" of parenting a college student - a professor's perspective. 1. Don't be discouraging; do be a voice of reason. So your math-challenged offspring wants to take physics (for example)? Don't dissuad...read more

by Poul Christiansen

New College Semester soon beginning......... Students returning for a new step in education and many freshmen are planning for their first experience of living away from Mom and Dad. Naturally such parents, who for the ...read more