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Here are some tips:

1) Did you know? You can't have access to your students grades and records unless your child expressly requests it.

2) When/if a problem comes up at school, help your child find a solution to the problem, rather than calling or coming to campus and fixing the problem for them. They will learn from the experience. Get involved only when your child has tried and cannot fix the problem

3) Someone I know once told me about this idea, and I wanted to share it with you. The idea is this: Just before your son or daughter leaves for college, give them a stack of already addressed and stamped postcards (the address will be home, of course). You can buy pre-stamped, plain white ones at the Post Office, or get creative and buy neat ones. The point is they are ready to go, and all your son/daughter has to do is write a couple of sentences and stick it in the mail. It makes it easier for them, saves time, and increases the chances that you’ll hear from them sometime before Christmas.

To read a letter my dad sent me during my freshman year of college, Click Here. I just found it recently and it is a pretty good example of the kind of understanding the parent of a college student needs to have. It meant a lot to me (both at the time and now).

 

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