I'm Nervous About Sending My Child to College

I'm a parent. I'm nervous about my child going to college. What advice do you have?

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Parent and grandparent that is, first and foremost, my self-awareness; so, I get it. My advice is:
  • Trust your parenting. High school students are in their late teen years. The truth is their character, values and self-image are formed and functioning. This morning I watched a video showing a great woman confronting two reprehensible children. At the end you hear her lament, "This is wrong. This is just wrong." Watch it. It may surprise you.

  • Safety is another issue. I can vouch for the colleges that, despite the preponderance of left-wing, political sentiment pervading college faculty and administrations, the safety of the students remains paramount. The Federal government, years ago, enacted legislation mandating colleges to improve safety protocols The Cleary Act.

  • Not being a qualified medical or health business, Succeed Where It Counts will not comment on the likelihood of a student becoming gravely ill while at college either attending classes, or in a dormitory, or at a social event. Confusing reporting about the incidence of infection and mortality among young adults leaves my mind spinning (and perhaps yours, too) . Colleges are all working hard to figure it out how to open campuses, safely. Recognize and remember, every year students attending college become sick. Some gravely ill, others merely a bump along an otherwise healthy road, but college students getting sick is a fact of life.

  • What are your student's options? 

    • Work for a year after high school? First, good luck finding a job right now. Second, the public sector is certainly no more safe than a university campus.

    • Attend Community College? See the previous answer.

    • Stay at home? Do you agree, that is the worst choice possible? Unless we're talking about a young adult with a seriously comprised immune system (yup, I have a granddaughter in that group) we have raised them to make their way in the world, confidently and successfully. Graduating from high school commences the moment of truth.

  You may be asking yourself about now, "Is this guy a politician, or what?!" Did I dance around the question; talking without answering? Here is my answer right up front: if you were planning on college a year ago (or longer) nothing right now should cause you to change those plan.




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