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Boomerang Kids: When Your College Student or College Graduate Moves Back Home

April 25, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
You know that the transition to college during the first year is going to be stressful for both your college student and for you. You work hard to give your student the independence that he needs and wants. You have both survived the experience and your student...

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College Spring Break: Another “Letting Go” Experience for Parents

March 1, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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Keeping the Dialogue Open With Your College Student

December 9, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Before your college student headed off to school, you may have had some good conversations about both her expectations and your expectations, and about both of your hopes – for grades, for money management, for behavior, or for other things important to both of you. ...

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Helping Your College Student With Sibling Relationships

November 7, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As our college student heads off to college, we may be feeling the “empty nest” syndrome, even though there are still other children at home. The family is different now, with one or more students off to college. We know that things are different and we work to...

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Signs That Your College Student May Be in Trouble

September 19, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
It is a natural thing for college parents to worry about the success of their student in college. We hope for the best, mostly assume the best, and then we worry. If your college student is a long distance away, or may have had some difficulties in high school,...

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Communicating With Your College Student: Is the Climate Right?

January 12, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
When your child leaves home for college, you worry about losing contact. She will be living at college, and perhaps not returning home for several weeks or months, so you worry. However, with some effort on your part, your communication with your student may...

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Communicating With Your College Student: Are You Sure You Understand?

December 29, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
When your child leaves home for college, you worry about losing contact. She will be living at college, and perhaps not returning home for several weeks or months, so you worry. However, with some effort on your part, your communication with your student may...

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Communicating With Your College Student: Are You Reading Between the Lines?

December 22, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
When your child leaves home for college, you worry about losing contact. She will be living at college, and perhaps not returning home for several weeks or months, so you worry. However, with some effort on your part, your communication with your student may...

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Help! My College Student Wants to Drop Out of College!

December 17, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As a parent of a college student, you may be taken completely by surprise when your student comes home to announce that he wants to drop out of college. Or it is possible that you have seen this coming for a few weeks or even months. Either way, it may be...

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Communicating With Your College Student: Are You Listening?

December 15, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
When your child leaves home to head for college, you worry about losing contact with her. If she will be living at college, and perhaps not returning home for several weeks or months, you worry. However, it is possible that, with some effort on your part, your...

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