Expect and encourage your son or daughter to spend additional time on campus beyond class hours. Short notices about family responsibilities can be disastrous. Try to plan ahead and be extra sensitive to midterms, papers, projects, final exams, campus commitments, etc. Be careful of setting expectations too high. Remember that new friendships and associations will develop in time and that most local friendships, while they may change, will probably continue.
Privacy is very important.
Your son or daughter will really appreciate a quiet place to study, ample opportunity to go to the library and the ability to borrow the car.