Parent's Guide to Letting Go

Parent’s Guide to Letting Go

Getting a college education means acquiring knowledge and gaining additional skills. However, it’s also about exploring new ideas and opportunities in life. That additional freedom also means increased responsibility for the student. It can take a lot of self-discipline to go to class every day when so many other opportunities abound.

Coping with these new ideas and opportunities is not always easy. For most students, college is neither harder nor easier than high school. It’s just different. The same is true for parents.

The hardest part is often “letting go”. College is part of a student’s search for maturity and self-identity. Parents or guardians need to change their style of parenting with their college-age students. Although students still need love and support, the parental figures in their lives need to become less involved.

Explore the topics below to help make the transition a smooth one: