<p>NAG - NAG - NAG - isn’t that what parents were put on this earth for??? OOOOOOPSss - to be politically correct I have to change the wording to…COACH - FACILITATOR - ADMIN ASST - BACK SEAT DRIVER - MOM - DAD - OTS EYES - OVERBEARING PARENT …
WHATEVER…</p>
<p>We all mean well in the pursuit of our kids happiness and succes - and want our kids to be able to manage this college maze in such a manner that will take them to the ends of their earth. Every family handles this in a different way - some more aggressively than others - and there are also those who don’t participate at all. Whatever works - to a degree - for each particular situation should be ok and not be judged by others. </p>
<p>I sure wish I had had parental support/involvement when I went thru this process - I didn’t!!! It was a very daunting and difficult place to be - tho I finally succeeded - tho not as a teenager - I had been out in the world and experienced quite a few things before I took on the incredible task of getting myself into college. There is NO way that I can imagine kids of today - with their 30 hour per day schedules to be able to complete/accomplish all that has to be done with out some sort of parental intervention - what ever that may be - just not the overboard type of thing.</p>
<p>This is - in fact - THEIR journey - and we need to keep that in the forefront of our minds - we as parents - are invited along for the ride - and hopefully with their blessings - to help them paddle the dingy - not to take over as the ship’s captain.</p>