{"id":3959,"date":"2019-12-10T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2019-12-10T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:54:00","slug":"parenting-your-college-student-navigating-new-terrain-over-winter-break-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/parenting-your-college-student-navigating-new-terrain-over-winter-break-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parenting Your College Student: Navigating New Terrain Over Winter Break"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s note: \u00a0A version of this post was originally published on Admitted in January 2019. It\u2019s being republished as part of NACAC\u2019s Best of the Blog series.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Class of 2023 will soon be home from college for their first winter break and many parents are seeing a new dynamic in their relationship with their children.<\/p>\n

These college freshmen have just had their first taste of independence and striking the right balance can be tough for families.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the hard work of being the parent to a college student,\u201d parenting expert and doctor Deborah Gilboa\u00a0told the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. \u201cYou got them here, now it\u2019s time to let them go and let them thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Nelson, an academic adviser at the University of Florida, agrees. Conversations around the holiday dinner table often dump family pressure onto college students. She encourages parents to let their children find their own way.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo often, students feel familial pressure and guilt to pursue certain majors, earn certain grades,\u201d\u00a0Nelson told the\u00a0Post<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRecognize that their journey to success and happiness may be very different from your own. And, that\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0full\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0for more advice.<\/p>\n

Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s senior communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0<\/em>adobson@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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