Writing a good college admissions essay can be a daunting task for some students. As a parent, should you step in and help, or should you let your child handle it on their own? Our mom blogger, Katie Bingham-Smith, shares some great insights and experiences from parents that help answer this question. And she explains how you can help your student without doing the work for them.
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Will the Bond Between Your Kids End When One Goes to College?
When I applied to a school almost five hours away, I didn’t realize how much I would miss my two younger sisters. The afternoons of making hot chocolate, talking about boys, flipping through magazines, and complaining about our mother were more therapeutic than I realized. Once the luxury of having that daily, safe place with my sisters was gone, I realized how important they were in my life.
Sending Your Kids Off to College? It’s Not Like It Used to Be
These days, it feels as if college preparation has gone from a pretty straightforward business that started at the beginning of our junior year to an actual business our kids (and we) are supposed to be fully invested in starting in the 7th grade.
If You’re Confused or Stressed About Your Kids’ College Education, You’re Not Alone
There is so much that goes into this decision, from preparing our children for a college interview, to figuring out how to pay for college without crippling ourselves with mountains of debt or having our kids take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.