When you do something once, it is interesting. When you do something twice, it suddenly becomes a tradition. We’re now in the third year of sharing a look back at College Parent Central’s year. Clearly a tradition. Reflection is always a good exercise.
It’s that time of year when we can’t quite decide whether to look backwards at the year that is just ending or to look ahead at the year about to begin. We really need to do a little bit of both. Looking back gives us some perspective to look ahead, and think about our goals and plans for the new year based on where we’ve come.
So before we look ahead, make plans, make resolutions we probably won’t keep, or set goals for 2016, we’d like to take a moment to look back at some of our articles for 2015. These are the articles that, to us, speak most about the essence of the college parent role and/or speak to those ideas and issues that most affect the way we relate to our college sons and daughters.
This year we’ve decided to give some of our articles awards. (If we don’t, who else will?) See whether you agree with our choices.
We invite you to take a few minutes to review these articles, and to think about how you view your role as college parent. How have you grown into the role over the past year? Where might you and your college student go next year?
, but more importantly, they should give a copy to their college students. Subtitled, How to Use College to the Fullest to Discover Your Strengths and Find a Job You Love Before You Graduate, this book offers practical advice to students in a tone and manner they will read. The book is clearly written for students, and the author’s chatty, readable style will appeal to these readers.
by Joani Geltman is subtitled Talking to Your Kids About Sexting, Drinking, Drugs, and Other Things That Freak You Out. Parents often do ”freak out” as they approach the college years and this book may help them feel a little more comfortable.
