Help! College issues with Ivy league son

CountingDown
Thu, 12 Jul 2018 05:52:56 +0000

^^^And when one FINALLY gets to start taking the courses they came to college to attend, it’s easy to slip into that mindset. At last! Courses in my major! Let me dive in! It’s hard, but it’s FUN!

Of course, those other gen ed/core courses don’t seem as appealing, but sliding through them isn’t as simple in HS, even if one got 5s on APs in those areas. BTDT. S1 also has BTDT.

And if a student has ADD/executive function issues and was able to do well in HS thanks to supportive parents who helped keep things like meals and laundry organized so said kid could study, the whole thing can fall apart when that kid heads to college and has to organize and manage everything in his life. BTDT with S2. (Part of why I’m glad he’s an expat right now is that he has to do all these things himself. It’s easy to slip into parent-child relationships if a S or D returns home after college. I want him to have such a good time living independently that he is motivated to strike out on his own or with roommates when he comes back.)