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Parenting a college kid features its own mix of unique challenges, from adjusting to having a child leave the home to accepting a child who attends college from home. This is a unique time, when a mom watches her child evolve into a starter adult. Get tips on parenting college kids.

College editor: Naomi Serviss

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How To Drop Off Your College-Bounder Without Embarrassing Him (too much) PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Naomi Serviss   
Thursday, 14 August 2008

Think it's easy dropping that first kid off to college?

 

Ha! Here's a few tips on what to do and NOT do....


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Summer Concerts with your Boomerang Kid PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Naomi Serviss   
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Just because you live with a "Boomerang" kid doesn't mean you have to live separate lives. Why not explore his/her world by sharing a concert together?
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Concert-Going With An Adult Kid PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Naomi Serviss   
Thursday, 12 June 2008
I'm going to a Tom Waits concert in Phoenix with my 23-year-old son next week (April 17). Am I lucky or what?
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The Fuss about Video Games..and Grand Theft Auto PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Naomi Serviss   
Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV. Big, bad, violent game. Also fun, with cool montages of city life. Not for kids under 17. And I repeat. Not for kids under 17. And some 17-year-olds should be playing it either. You just have to know your kid and make an informed, intelligent decision. In other words:

What is the hullabaloo all about?

Kids play games. Boys like violence.

Older boys like more violence .

If you let your kid play violent games does that make you a bad parent?

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Boomerang "Babies" PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Naomi Serviss   
Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Just because your kids are through with higher education doesn't mean they're through with YOU. Do you have a boomerang baby? 


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When Your Kids Are Smarter Than You Are PDF Print E-mail
College and Adult Kids
Written by Jill Browne   
Saturday, 22 March 2008

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There comes a time in every parent's life when their child realizes that the child is smarter than the parent. A time? Ha! Try every hour from the age of 8 through about 80. In the college years, the challenges change from dealing with a precocious but malleable child to guiding a new adult.

 

 

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