From the category archives:

Generations

Let Them Choose: A Wake-Up Call for Parents of College-Aged Children

by Sean Cook December 7, 2010 For College Parents
Thumbnail image for Let Them Choose: A Wake-Up Call for Parents of College-Aged Children

College can be just as much of an adjustment for parents as it is for college students. It’s important to give your student the support to make it through challenges, but to resist “saving” them from everyday decisions that come along with becoming healthy, functioning adults. Join Sean and fellow Life Purpose and Career Coach Monica Moody for a free webinar and discussion about learning to let your student choose his or her own path.

0 comments Read the full article →

Learning to Fail: 5 Keys to Failing the Right Way

Thumbnail image for Learning to Fail: 5 Keys to Failing the Right Way by Sean Cook September 3, 2010 For College Parents

What are you doing to get comfortable with failure? Are you ready to fail? And what will you learn from it?

0 comments Read the full article →

ABC News Explores “Helicopter Parents”

by Sean Cook March 10, 2010 For College Parents

ABC news has been exploring “Helicopter Parents” and their impact on students and higher education again. Below are two links to stories that should be really eye-opening. The first is pretty recent, the second from two years ago.

What do you think about “helicopter parents?” Are their impacts on students and colleges good or bad? What should be done to help these parents, so their students can be more successful in their transitions to college?

0 comments Read the full article →
UA-13049385-2