Health & Safety

As you child leaves for college parents must learn a new balance in their parenting. Parents need to remain involved in their student’s life while they are in college, but there reaches a point that their young adult needs to start taking responsibility and making their own decisions. This is all part of growing up.

With mobile phones, text messaging, email, instant messaging, FedEx, and all the rest of technology that is available today, it's extremely easy for parents to stay in touch with their college student. But, when is it too much? Parents need to realize is that a major part of college is the student learning to deal with life issues on their own.

As a parent, now is the time to step back and let your child step forward and practice what you have been teaching them all along. Read this article to explore ways to manage the new parenting boundaries with college-aged children.

Research has found that more than 85 percent of college students feel increased stress and anxiety at exam time, and that number is likely even higher during their first time around. This article provides helpful information o that you can help your student through the stress of exams.