Tips for Parents of a New College Kid

As a parent of a college kid, I took some time to check out a few sites to help me be as prepared as I could possibly be. I am hoping you find this list helpful. Trust me, watching your kid head off to college is bittersweet. You have all these emotions and couldn’t be more proud, yet there’s a ping in your heart. I remember about a month before Gabi headed off to college that I read Rob Lowe’s story of what it was like when the realization of his kid heading off to school set in, and it hit hard. It’s worth the read! 

A few things that I have learned over the last year:

Your baby is growing up. Let them fly. It was hard to not call every day, but it helps when the phone rings or I get a text. More days than not do I hear from my college kid, and it’s a transition, but it was important to let her start to find her way and share what she wants with me. If she needs something, she will ask. And those visits back home for the weekend. The laundry, the friends, the mess, embrace it, for just as fast as your kids have grown, those weekends go by even faster.

I put together a list last year with tips for the new college student. Here’s one that some of my blog friends help me put together with tips for parents of a new college kid. I hope it helps, and please add links or other helpful tips in the comments below.

Tips for Parents of a New College Kid

1. Letting go: Tips for Parents of New College Students
2. Affording College Tuition Secrets It’s Never Too Late to Start Saving for Your Child
3. How to Find & Apply for College Scholarships – 4 Tips for Parents to Help Kids Jump Start Process
4. FREE PRINTABLE COLLEGE CARE PACKAGE NOTES
5. Tips for A Back to College Care Package!
6. HOW TO SAVE ON COLLEGE SHOPPING
7. Easy Dorm Room Storage Ideas for Back to School
8. 10 Steps to Start Now so you can Save for College
9. 10 Must Have Items for your College Care Basket
10. 7 Tips to Help Your College Student Create a Budget
11. Why You Should Convince Your College Student to Ditch Student Loans
12. Using Private Student Loans to Finance College
13. Empty Nest Advice
14. Back to College Blues Care Package
15. Tips To Teach Young Adults About Laundry Care
16. College Care Package Ideas for Boys
17. 7 Things to Do Before Your Kid Goes to College

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