Real-Life Tips for College-Bound Teens
When it comes down to it, there's a lot of everyday reality involved in college. These tips will make life for your students a lot easier. Consider sharing these with your parents during your next monthly parent meeting.
Before He Goes ... Teach Him How To...
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- Use a washing machine. He has been pleading for independence for years! Now's the time to empower him. If you don't, he'll wag that stinking laundry bag home to you.
- Live within a budget and balance a checkbook. Spending temptations at college abound, so your teen needs to master impulse control now. Put him on a budget and open a student checking account he's responsible for managing.
- Manage time. Buy a day planner and teach your student to use it. He won't have you as an alarm clock, a time keeper, or a memo pad; and he'll be lost in space unless he knows how to manage a class load plus a barrage of social activities. Help him learn procrastination is public enemy number one.
- Fend for himself in the kitchen. Teach your student the basics: how to boil water and scramble eggs. And teach him about healthy snacks that can jump start a sluggish brain and help prevent junk food binges, which lead to the infamous pounds many freshman pile on.
- Use a hammer (and other tools). Buy a tool box and fill it with essentials: hammer, screwdriver, flashlight, pliers, duct tape, adjustable wrenches, jumper cables. Show him how to use tools in everyday situations. You'll both empower him and make him quite popular with friends.
Leader of the Pack
Packing for school can be a daunting task. We asked upperclassmen what to take - and what to leave behind. Use these lists to help students know what to pack.
Top 10 Things to Pack
- Bible
- Dry erase schedule board
- Bedside lamp
- Laundry bag, drying rack, and quarters, quarters, quarters!
- Febreze(R) fabric refresher and lint roller (laundry made easy)
- Two sets of sheets
- Portable CD player
- Fun pictures for your wall and pictures of your family and friends
- Your favorite movies
- One nice dress or suit
Top 5 Things Not to Pack
- Lots of clothes! (Your dorm-room closet is about the size of your high school locker.)
- High-heeled shoes (unless you want to break an ankle sprinting across campus to your next class)
- Your high school letter jacket
- Food that takes longer than five minutes to prepare
- Lots of clothes! (Got it?)
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Find more helps on ministering to the parents of your teenagers in Living With Teenagers magazine - a Christian parenting magazine. Subscribe to this resource today in LifeWay's Magazine Index. |
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