Supporting your child through the college selection, application, and enrollment process can yield some of the most challenging, confusing, overwhelming, and expensive moments in your parenting yet.   From college chatter in the early years (Go Badgers!) to college visits (Spring Break Sophomore Year?), to whittling the list (only "Good" schools??), to writing essays (don't write theirs) and completing all of the application elements on time (a Maze of Forms and Deadlines)... to waiting... to watching as they receive admission decisions, and coping with the roller coaster of it all, what is the role of you, their most important grown-ups?  Just as you have high hopes for your child, you may also have misgivings about the pressure they are under to the detriment of their sleep, free time, and your family’s equilibrium.  How do you sort your ambitions from theirs?  How do you assess cost and when do you level with them about it?  How do you preserve your relationship and protect their mental health and well-being amidst a very competitive, intense culture? What words and deeds from you are helpful, and what are absolutely not?  This workshop will be an opportunity for parents to consider how best to support their college-applicant as you together navigate the "College Application Industrial Complex" and include themes from  Never Enough; When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - and What We Can Do About It (Jennifer Breheny Wallace).

April 18, 2024, 7:00-8:30 pm Edina Senior Center (5280 Grandview Square Edina, MN 55436)

Tailored to parents/caregivers of High School Students, but open to any parent or caregiver who reads the description and says YES.

$30 per person   Limit:  40 parents.

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