Prep and ground rules for kids starting freshman year?

Here’s ours, so far:
Weekly video chat
College is our investment; we are paying 100% in the hopes our son can get a fulfilling job/go to grad school. This is our “scholarship” deal (the “mom and dad pay for school scholarship”…) We will look at grades throughout college. Repeated low grades would mean reconsidering. Since we’re paying for everything we get to monitor progress…also if there’s a sudden slip in grades something might be happening (drugs, drinking, depression, drama…all the Ds) that warrants a check-in. Money will also be monitored so we know if there’s a sudden increase in spending to ask what’s up.
Also, there’s lots of talk w/our son about:
Consent
Consent
Consent
Self-care

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