Getting Your Child Ready for College

"Let's go!" Sending your recently graduated high school senior off to college is a life-changing experience, for adults and college newbies alike. Stock the dorm room, for sure, but also prepare for the mental and emotional challenges that lie ahead in saying goodbye and sending your child into the world. This Guide offers tips for parents and students alike, including preparing for and dealing with all-too-common homesickness.

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Susan MacDonald

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Tags:college, dorm, emotions, goodbye, maturity, parenting, parents, psychology

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Advice for Parents

Advice for Students

Books & Articles

Homesickeness Happens: Here's what to Expect, How to Deal With It

Advice for Parents

Some of the best advice comes from people who've been there and know how to cope with sending off your almost-adult children off to college.

Hoverings: A Blog for College Parents

http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/

College Parents of America is the only national membership association dedicated to advocating and to serving on behalf of current and future college parents.

College Parents of America

http://www.collegeparents.org/

An independent, nonprofit, national association of college parents, serving as their legislative and campus advocate, and resource for information and services.

Helping future & current college parents with questions

http://collegeparents.blogspot.com/

We're following college parents on Twitter & posting their tweets ... We've been searching for the best deals for college parents & students to help you save money on products ...

When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parents' Survival Guide

http://www.amazon.com/When-Your-Kid-Goes-College/dp/B0029EEA1A

"During the summer before he went to college, he was obnoxious; he said, 'There's a reason I'm acting this way; it will make it easier for you to have me leave.'" "When she was packing to leave, she

Tips and Tricks for Getting Your Child Ready for College ...

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/story?id=8328926&page=1

Lee Woodruff has advice for parents on what to buy for college kids' dorm rooms. ... Tips and Tricks for Getting Your Child Ready for College. Lee Woodruff's Shopping List for ...

Must Haves for College Students

http://fatherhood.about.com/od/backtoschool/tp/collegemusthave.htm

Are you sending a son or daughter off to college for the first time? If so, you may be feeling like one dad I know, who said his job in getting his daughter equipped ...

Homeschooling and Higher Education : Getting Ready for ...

http://www.justmommies.com/tweens-and-teens/getting-ready-for-college/homeschooling-and-higher-education

Helping homeschooled children prepare for college ... As yet, relatively few applicants are homeschooled and limited information is available on college and university policies. ...

HEATH: Getting Ready for College

http://www.kidsource.com/Heath/gr.html

High school students with learning disabilities who are considering going to college ... While Getting Ready for College was designed for high school students ...

Getting Ready for College: Financial Concerns and Preparation ...

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010204

Getting Ready for College: Financial Concerns and Preparation Among the High School ... for all students and by a wide range of student, family, and high school ...

Advice for Students

Students have adjustements of their own, from living in a dorm room, sharing space and setting their own schedules, goals and lives.

How to Attend College Freshman Orientation | eHow.com

http://www.ehow.com/how_2315390_attend-college-freshman-orientation-successfully.html

How to Attend College Freshman Orientation. Going off to college is exciting, but can be a little scary at the same time. For most teens, it's their first shot at ...

How to Survive Freshman Year | General

http://www.samplecollegeadmissionessays.com/tips-on-how-to-breeze-through-freshman-year-in-college/

The article provides tips on how to survive freshman year in college. ... Remember you're living on your own now, and you should take it as a challenge to show your ...

freshman // Surviving College Life Blog // Recent Blog ...

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/surviving-college-life/all/explore/freshman/

Surviving College Life is every student's guide to the ins and outs of college. ... of you have been through orientation (and maybe a few years of college) already ...

Dorm room packing lists: what to take (and what to buy there)

http://www.essortment.com/family/dormroompackin_sxqu.htm

Dorm room packing lists: what to take (and what to buy there) When you go off to college, and you will be living in a dorm, there are some items ...

ShopSmart mag:What to buy for your dorm room

http://www.shopsmartmag.org/2009/08/what-to-buy-for-your-dorm-room.html

What to buy for your dorm room. Right about now you and your college-aged kids are being bombarded with ads, catalogs and commercials telling you ...

6 Essential Items for Incoming College Freshman - Associated ...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/149560/6_essential_items_for_incoming_college.html

Are you preparing to shop for your first year of college? Here are 6 ... Starting school and moving into a dorm can be a very exciting time. Living on your own is ...

YouTube - How to Shop at a Thrift Store

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrjrFYluc0

Shop wisely at thrift stores and you'll score great bargains. ... Find out what to buy at thrift stores to resell on eBay with the thrift store guide in the app store on ...

YouTube - How to Shop at a Thrift Store

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =bfrjrFYluc0

Shop wisely at thrift stores and you'll score great bargains. ... Find out what to buy at thrift stores to resell on eBay with the thrift store guide in the app store on ...

How To Buy College Dorm Supplies | Essentials and Accessories

http://www.howtodothings.com/education/a3450-how-to-buy-college-dorm-supplies.html

Wondering what to buy for college dorm rooms? From dorm room bedding to food—these things are needed for dorms. Here's how to buy dorm room supplies.

Books & Articles

When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parent's Survival Guide

http://www.amazon.com/When-College-Parents-Survival-Guide/dp/0380798409

"During the summer before he went to college, he was obnoxious; he said, 'There's a reason I'm acting this way; it will make it easier for you to have me leave.'" "When she was packing to leave, she

When Your Kid Goes to College A Parents Survival College

http://www.amazon.com/When-Your-College-Parents-Survival/dp/B00387SNQA

Every year, thousands of students are forced to postpone their education due to household finances. As overwhelming as the college experience can be, its anxiety intensifies for the single parent

The Praeger Handbook for College Parents

http://www.amazon.com/Praeger-Handbook-College-Parents/dp/0313378843/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273514914&sr=8-9

WHEN KIDS GO TO COLLEGE: A PARENTS GUIDE TO CHANGING RELATIONSHIP

http://www.amazon.com/WHEN-KIDS-GO-COLLEGE-RELATIONSHIP/dp/0814205623

This digital document is an article from Phi Delta Kappan, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3813 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word

Homesickeness Happens: Here's what to Expect, How to Deal With It

Even if they've been away from home before, some college students still get homesick at their first extended stay away from the comforts of home. Here's how to handle homesickness....before it arrives or once it hits.