Family Change at University Transition: Academic Nightmares: 5 Tips for Supporting Academic Challenge

As parents we have all experienced times when our children and young adults have faced academic challenges.

Starting university represents the beginning of independent living and also a more independent approach to studying.

This can be a challenging time for our young adults.

In this episode we discuss how to best support them through academic novelty and challenge:

We discuss:

• The importance of deciding how we want to parent at these times.
• Why challenge is good for our young adults.
• How important it is to monitor our own reactions as parents and be value driven in our response.
• The challenge of pressure points and why we need to avoid being one ourselves.
• The value in nudging our young adult  ...