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[quote=Anonymous]First off, how old is your DC? I ask this because I honestly couldn't have imagined my children handling college until about the middle of jr year of high school, when they seemed to have bursts in maturity. I have a 9th grader now, and I can't imagine her in college at all. From experience, though, I think a lot will change in the next couple of years and she may surprise us.

With this is mind, here's some suggestions: encourage your child to self-advocate. By this I mean that if DC has a problem with her teacher, her schedule, a coach, her guidance counselor, try to let her work it out on her own. Start thinking of your role as less manager and more consultant -- sit back and give advice and direction as needed, but let your child fight their own battles as much as possible. If your child is organizationally challenged (two of mine were) help her get very good at using an academic planner, using google calendar or Ical, setting up files on her computer to save work for easy reference later on.

Also, if you haven't done this so far, teach basic life skills like doing laundry, sewing a button, simple meal prep.

Another suggestion is to begin talking to your child more about colleges and college life in general. This can be as simple as asking about favorite subjects and what she thinks she might like to study in college, whether she likes the idea of being in a city or more rural setting, large vs small, etc. We did this with our kids and found they started to get excited about college and took more ownership of the process as a result.[/quote]

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