http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/2015/08/24/tips-for-dads-of-the-college-bound/ Helping parents navigate the college maze Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/2015/08/24/tips-for-dads-of-the-college-bound/#comment-93827 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:55:26 +0000 http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/?p=8719#comment-93827 Thanks for helping students!

]]> http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/2015/08/24/tips-for-dads-of-the-college-bound/#comment-93820 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:26:26 +0000 http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/?p=8719#comment-93820 Great advice James. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/2015/08/24/tips-for-dads-of-the-college-bound/#comment-93554 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:56:17 +0000 http://www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com/?p=8719#comment-93554 I am a father of two students currently in college and have worked with high school and college age students for over 20 years. I agree with most of the advice above and would add that it is important your student is heading in the direction of some goal. It doesn’t really matter what the goal is (pick a school, get a certain GPA, graduate by a certain date, pick a major by a certain date) and they can choose to change the goal in the future. What’s important is that they have a clear goal to work towards. One of the biggest roadblocks to success for college students is just kind of bopping along with the crowd and doing what everyone else is doing in regards to pursuing a degree. Many parents think that as long as their student is IN college, all is well; when in reality many students will find themselves at graduation still not sure of where they are headed or what they want to do. “I don’t know” is a great and honest answer to questions about the future. Be sure to then take the time to learn about yourself and your situation. The problem lies in sitting in the state of ‘I don’t know’ for too long. The student who does the hard work of really thinking through their purpose and direction will have a much better shot at achieving success in college and beyond than the student who is waiting for the market or someone else to tell them where to go or what to do.

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