89 episodes
College Parent Central Podcast Vicki Nelson and Lynn Abrahams
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4.8 • 29 Ratings
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You don’t stop parenting the day you drop your student off to college on Move-in Day. Your role simply changes. (Actually, it’s not simple at all, but it changes.) You’re a parent for life. Join Lynn Abrahams and Vicki Nelson, higher education professionals and former college parents, as they explore the topics that can help you be a more effective and supportive parent to your college bound student. Whether you already have a child in college, college is still a year or more away, or your student is about to step out, start now to gather the information that empowers you to be an effective college success coach to your student.
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#089 – Summer Reading Suggestions for College Parents
In our annual collection of book suggestions for parents, Vicki and Lynn share some of what we’ve been reading this year. This year’s books cover a wide variety of topics that will help parents broaden their understanding of students’ academic and emotional worlds, why they might struggle and how to help empower students to face their challenges.
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#088 – How Parents’ Fear of Failure Can Influence Students
As parents, it’s in our DNA to worry about our kids. In addition, the messaging about success and failure is all around us and reinforces our worst fears. In this episode, Lynn and Vicki discuss some of the reasons we worry, the effect parental fears can have on our students and how we can address these fears so that our students will own their experiences and believe they are capable.
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#087 – Exploring the Why and How of the Gap Year Experience: An Interview with Jay Gosselin of Discover Year and Marie Shea, Gap Year Parent
In this episode we had a wonderful interview with Jay Gosselin, Founder and Director of Discover Year, a year long program that helps young adults build essential skills for their career and life. We explored why students might need or want a gap year experience and the benefits of taking that year between high school and college off from traditional school. We were also joined by Marie Shea, whose daughter Grace chose to spend the year after high school as a Discover Year student. Marie shared the parent perspective and helped us realize that although each student’s story is different, we are all on a journey together.
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#086 – Highlights from Jeff Selingo’s Book There Is Life After College
Jeff Selingo’s book There is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow is a hidden gem. Whether you have a student in high school, in college, or a recent graduate, this is a wonderful resource to share with your student. We think higher education professionals will also find this book eye opening and motivating. In this episode Vicki and Lynn touch on some of the key themes and how they have seen these reflected in today’s students. Understanding some of the issues facing students as they prepare for a career will help you support and guide your student.
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Much more information for college parents can be found on our website, College Parent Central Find us on Twitter at @CollParCentral Sign up for our newsletter for ongoing information Please leave us a review at “Love the Podcast” to help others find us. -
#085 – A Pathway to Success for Students with Disabilities (and everyone else, too!): An Interview with Elizabeth Hamblet
Elizabeth Hamblet joined us for a second interview to share highlights of the new edition of her book: Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities. Elizabeth helped us unpack some of the complexities of college accommodations and student responsibilities that help students make a smooth transition from high school to college. The more parents and students know and understand about the differences in laws and the nature of college support the more successful students will be. We learned so much about how different colleges approach support and the questions students and parents need to ask to find a good match.
Thank you for listening!
Much more information for college parents can be found on our website, College Parent Central Find us on Twitter at @CollParCentral Sign up for our newsletter for ongoing information Please leave us a review at “Love the Podcast” to help others find us. -
#084 – Join Us for Our First Read-Along Book Group!
We’re trying something new and we invite you to join us! If you’re a regular listener you know we love to talk about books that help us in our role as college parents and help us support our students. We’ve picked the book There is Life After College: What Parents and Student Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow by Jeffrey Selingo to read over the next several weeks and we invite you to read along with us. We hope you’ll share some of your thoughts, questions and reactions with us. In this episode Lynn and Vicki share why we chose this book and how you can participate in our virtual book group. Once you hear more about the book, we know you’ll be excited about participating in this adventure. We’ll be sharing everyone’s responses soon in episode #86.
Thank you for listening!
Much more information for college parents can be found on our website, College Parent Central Find us on Twitter at @CollParCentral Sign up for our newsletter for ongoing information Please leave us a review at “Love the Podcast” to help others find us.
Customer Reviews
Wish I found sooner …
The University of TN Knoxville suggested this podcast in a Jan 2023 parent email and it may be the most valuable source of information we’ve found to gain insight and understanding about our college freshman’s experience.
As parents, we are average / mere mortals which we believe means we’re learning as we’re experiencing. The Jan 18 2023 episode where the hosts commented maybe ‘they should have seen it coming’ [pandemic education impact on now college students] is honest and helpful and we hope they can forgive themselves in same way as we need to as parents, and, take action in the methods that best help our shared student.
Being a ‘lawn mower’ parent to our student goes against all common sense. Rather, an understanding based upon these well-explained observations and concepts will better fuel my parental empathy and support that builds the life-long independence and resilience we all want for our children.
Now we have 70 previous sessions to catch up on…
Great guidance for the college transition
Vicki and Lynn are the real deal - informed, engaging, and very adept at guiding a conversation. Love to recommend this resource for parents preparing to send their kids off, or those who already have. The college transition is a really challenging one, and the information in this podcast is a huge help.
Topics that most don’t discuss
It’s hosts that just GET IT. It feels like sitting down with insiders who have seen it all and they’re comfortable walking you through that journey.
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