Many of our teens are academically prepared for college, but are they prepared for daily living?
I want to talk about is all of that daily living stuff that you’ve been handling for probably decades now so you take it for granted and don’t think about it.
While they are in high school make sure that they know how to do their own laundry, basic cooking and food preparation, washing dishes, and cleaning up after themselves. No one picks up after them in a college dorm.
They should get a bank account, and know how to use the ATM machine and stuff like that. Have them do these things while they are still at home. It might sound silly, but the truth is there’s lots of things that they really don’t know how to handle until they have to handle it themselves. Getting comfortable with some of those things when they are at home eases the transition when they live on their own for the first time.
Jane Cabrera
The Parent Success Coach,
www.TheParentSuccessCoach.com
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