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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  I have to agree with PP's (although I would have said it differently) that we were having a lot of these talks with our teens when they were in HS - especially about parties, substance abuse and sex assault issues.  Our kids were not doe-eyed newbies when they hit campus.

That being said, the two major things that I would have emphasized more are money management and time management.  Our kids were on an allowance and used money they saved from summer jobs but having manage to a budget was a challenge for them.  Also in HS they had good study habits, but pacing themselves to a college workload (with a work study job) was also a challenge.  They were able to procastinate in HS and still do well.  In college, they could not do that.  [/quote]

My kids had the opposite issue. College life was far more expensive for them than high school life so they had a lot less money. They worked part time jobs but that went mostly to college related expenses. They learned to budget and live on a shoestring budget in college. Great life skills. Makes you realize how little you really need to get by.

Most the other skills on here the kids had been doing well before college. Living with roommates was probably the biggest adjustment. [/quote]

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