Colorado College Parent Guide
Transitional Tips for Parents
Lists and tips compiled by administrators working at colleges and universities nationwide.
Transitional Tips
- Consistently communicate with your student
- Ask about friends, classes, campus activities, and social life
- Affirm confidence in student potential
- Send letters or care packages
- Remember that time management can challenge students
- Keep your sense of humor
- Accept the choice of major it rarely determines career
- Take comfort in knowing that identity, independence and intimacy are as much a part of college as literature and physics
- Share your thoughts and values about choices your student may be making around alcohol, drug use
