PARENT GUIDE
PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
Assistant Dean of Students Suzanne J. Phillips has talked to her fair
share of concerned parents. As director of the IU Parents Association –
a group all parents are automatically granted membership in as soon as
their child enrolls – she acts as a liaison between parents and
University resources.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
We've gone straight to parents who've been through it before: our own. When it comes to getting us through college, they've been there, done that. And we love them for it. Gerard Amato lives in Monmouth Junction, N.J., and his daughter Sara is the summer editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
Moving in is tricky, but relax, we’ve done this plenty of times. Here
is our advice for things your student should really have that might not
be on the University’s list.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
We've gone straight to parents who've been through it before: our own. When it comes to getting us through college, they've been there, done that. And we love them for it. Debi Townsend lives in Fort Wayne, Ind., and her daughter Allie is the editor of the IDS Orienter.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
When Amanda Shettlesworth sent the School of Public and Environment
Affairs’ students a mass e-mail two years ago describing a competitive
internship opportunity, she got an unlikely reply – from a student’s
mother.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
As soon as students arrive on campus for Welcome Week, they are
subjected to alcohol, whether they’re drinking it or not. Many
celebrate their newfound freedom from high school administrators and
their parents’ authority and “crack open an ice cold Bud Light,” as the
commercial instructs. A few drinks later, incoming freshmen are drunk
and ready to make new friends they might not remember in the morning.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
A great debate after the freshman year of college is whether to keep living in the dorms.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
Christine Schelhas-Miller teaches adolescent development at Cornell
University and is the co-author of “Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send
Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years.” Along with
a Ph.D. in human development from Harvard, Schelhas-Miller received a
master’s degree in education from IU in 1977.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
Even if you aren’t there for your student physically, you can still be
there emotionally. As your student becomes an adult, he or she will
need you to lend an ear – an understanding, non-judgmental ear.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
It’s hard enough to take care of your own transportation, let alone a
child’s who no longer lives at home. We might not have the perfect
solution, but we do have some pretty good starting points.
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PUBLISHED SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
Receiving an urgent phone call about your student is every parent’s
nightmare. We hope it never happens, but just in case, we’ll help you
prepare.
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