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Preparing For Your Student’s Move To College

July 13, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As you and your college student navigate your way through the summer before heading off to college, you will have many ups and downs. There is much to be done, and tensions may run high at times. It is a summer of excitement and emotion. There are several...

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Students May Be Accepted To College, But For Spring Admission

June 29, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Your student probably waited eagerly for that important admissions letter to arrive from his college of choice. He hoped for an acceptance (possibly even early admission), but knew that either being waitlisted or rejected were also possibilities. However, what...

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Five More Conversations Starters For Parents and Students Before the First Year of College

June 25, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
In another article, we suggested five conversations parents and students should have before the student begins college. Here are five more questions to consider.

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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Changing Conversations

June 22, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
All phone conversations with your college student will be different. Sometimes he will have lots to tell you or ask you, and other times you will both be searching for things to say to each other. However the phone conversations go, they are important times for...

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Helping Your College Student Find Support On Campus

June 22, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As a college parent, you want to support your college student in any way that you can. You talk on the phone (but hopefully not too often), you send mail (students love to find something in their mailbox), you send care packages, you listen when she shares joys or...

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College Lingo For College Parents: Talk the Talk – Part 5

June 19, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Maximizing Opportunities

June 19, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
You’ve made the phone conversations with your student routine. You’re ready to listen, and you’re prepared to listen to her college adventures and share something about life at home. But sometimes the conversation just doesn’t flow. How can you encourage...

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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Getting Started

June 17, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Regular phone conversations with your college student are a great way to stay in touch with what is happening in your student’s life – and for her to stay in touch with life at home. Even if you keep up with each other via e-mail, Facebook, or some other electronic medium,...

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Eight Points For Parents Speaking With Students About Alcohol

June 15, 2009 - College Parents of America
Any parent who reads the newspaper or watches news on television has seen and heard tragic stories about the outcome of excessive drinking on campus. Parents are frightened by these stories and have every right to be. As a resource, advisor and advocate for the more than 35...

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Twelve Things To Do To Help You Listen To Your College Student

June 15, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Communication between parents and teenagers is often difficult. As parents of college students we have lived through most of those difficult years. Now that your student is headed off to college and you may not have the same kind of daily contact with her, you...

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