#026 – College Parenting at a Distance

College Parent Central Podcast

College Parent Central Podcast
#026 – College Parenting at a Distance
Sep 16, 2020 Season 1 Episode 26
Vicki Nelson and Lynn Abrahams

When your student goes away to college you may feel that your parenting job is ending. You’re told to “let go,” but in reality, your role just shifts to a new stage. In this episode, Vicki and Lynn talk about some of the changes that take place as we find new ways to parent our students from a distance. It is important that parents think about how to stay in touch without hovering, how to make the most of opportunities to communicate with their student, how to detect potential difficulties, as well as what to do when you can’t attend those special events. Parents can use this process of changing roles to establish new and lasting ways to connect with their emerging adult students. 

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