Parents are responsible for many of the values their children hold. But now that their child is assessing what he or she thinks is important, it's time for parents to step aside and allow the child to stand alone. Lead your child to trust his or her own instincts. Later in life your child will have to rely on his or her own decision-making capability. Now is the time to strengthen that skill.
Parents have to let their son or daughter know their feelings can be trusted.
Let your child do the lion's share of the work. If parents fill out applications or tell a child what campus is best, the student will not be invested in the process. When Ripple sees an application that's been filled out by a parent, he knows that student is in trouble.