How Do I Help My Teen Adjust to College Life? Major changes—like living in the dorms—can be rough. Parents Ask Your Mom columnist, Emily Edlynn, Ph.D., offers some guidance on how to ease the transition. By Emily Edlynn, Ph.D. When my 18-year-old left for college—about two hours away—at the beginning of the year, he was very excited. But since then, he…
Here are 10 ways for parents to get involved and help make things a little easier for their new high school freshman.
There is no right way to deal with anxiety, but there are things you can do to help ease the transition into college as a first-year student. 1. Be realistic about your expectations You’ve heard the phrase before, and you’re bound to hear it again that “college is the best four years of your life.” This is true in so…
Moving is a stressful experience for anyone. Yet, each fall more than 20 million families send their children off to college—taking the leap to a new, unknown environment and likely to face new routines, new attitudes and perspectives, and new stressors. Young adults can be especially susceptible to feeling nervous and at times inadequate during the transition. In this guest post clinical…
