For about a million years, I've been advising high school kids--terrific kids--and their families about applying to college, and something that has touched me over and over again is the way mothers engage in this process. Yes, fathers also engage, but moms bring a distinctly different element into the equation.
I have no scientific data about a mother's role in her child's college admission journey, but I do have a lot of experience answering hundreds of questions about college admissions from hundreds of moms. So what I offer here is a place for moms to ask questions and maybe find answers about anything related to college and how to get there.
And for the record, I am nobody's mother myself, but I am a son. And I understand that mothers approach just about everything differently than their children do--at least, that seems to be the case for most of us.
So this blog is for moms. I'll try to write once a week or more about things that moms need to know as their kids think about and explore the many different aspects of heading off for academic life after high school.
That's it for now.
Hi John, thanks for this great opportunity to ask questions. I have about a million, but will start with this: my son considers his college search experience his first chance in life to do "something on his own" and is not including me in the process. How involved should I be in the process and how can I help him with his time management skills and procrastination without constantly "nagging."
ReplyDeleteGreat question. See my post on the side. Thanks.
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