Be supportive but give your child lots of room to make the decision alone. Coming to a conclusion is part of the growing process and one of many future decisions. 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. Students could get very frustrated with the expectation they have to find the perfect college. Rather, help them find a genre of colleges to pick from.