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Five For Better Freshman Year
Survival BY TANYA KNIGHT
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Be Disciplined
Discipline in your life takes you to greater heights. So try to bring in a certain amount of discipline in your everyday activity. Get yourself into an orderly style of living your day-to-day routine (like wake up hours, preparation time everyday, extra-curricular activity on a regular basis and so on). Your main aim at this point of time is to work hard and get the best possible grades. Devote your energy and resources towards this end.
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Get Involved In College Activities
One more way of surviving your freshman year in college is to keep yourself mentally active. The best and most healthy way of implementing this is to actively participate in your college club activities, sororities or sports teams. Apart from other advantages, this will keep you constantly engaged and will lessen the moments of your home sickness.
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Attend Orientations
This is the most important tip that I suggest to all new students going into college. Attend your orientations over the summer. This gives you the opportunity to meet your future classmates and know more about them. Attending orientations also gives you the golden opportunity to start getting comfortable with the campus.
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Get Organized
College life needs to be taken a lot more seriously than your school life. It is here that you are building a strong foundation for a successful future. Be more organized in your approach towards studying.
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ones. Do not leave any stone unturned in laying your groundwork for a successful college career. Try to survive your freshman year in the best possible manner. Have fun as well as learn as much as you can and get the most from your college life and you will be able to look back at your freshman year with a smile later in life. Education coach and mentor Tanya Knight help parents, students and adult learners successfully prepare, enter and graduate from the college of their choice. Visit www. tanyaknight.com to get her free eBook Top 10 Simple Secrets to Getting into the College of Your Choice and for the full version of this article.
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Dorm Room Essentials BY KIMBERLY DIJKSTRA kdijkstra@antonmediagroup.com
When it comes to dorm room decorating, organization is key. Space is tight, so items that can do double duty are advantageous for new college students. These are our picks for some terrific dorm room essentials.
Adjustable-Top Storage Cart
Add portable storage to any room with this lightweight storage cart by Studio 3B. The solid work surface on top can be adjusted up or down— excellent for working at a laptop or studying. $49.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond (www.bedbathandbeyond.com)
Message Calendar Board
Keep track of assignments on this simple dry-erase calendar with pinboard for notes and photos. The shelf at the bottom keeps markers and erasers close at hand. $129 at Pottery Barn Teen (www.pbteen.com)
NAP Bed Rest
This bed rest by Brookstone does more than allow you to sit upright in bed comfortably. It also has a built-in cupholder and side pockets to hold your books, cellphone and other necessities. It also folds flat for easy storage. $99.99 at Brookstone (www.brookstone.com)
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Effective Communication
The way parents communicate with their children can enhance the quality of the relationship and the sense of security, or it can lead to destructive relationship patterns and lack of resilience. Communication can support independence and self-esteem or harm confidence.
Your Child’s Perspective
What kind of conversational style does your child have? Is she particularly chatty in the morning and prefers quiet time in the evenings? Does he need questions to prompt conversation or does he seem overwhelmed when many questions are asked? Respect the individual needs in order to communicate effectively. Children tend to open up more when in parallel position as opposed to face to face. Children are more likely to communicate when they are walking, during car rides or bedtime.
Open-Ended Questions
We can promote creativity, curiosity, and problem solving skills with the questions we ask. How we ask questions can encourage deeper conversations that foster connection. Close-ended questions typically lead
PARENTING MATTERS Graziella Simonetti to short answers. “What did you have for lunch?” “A sandwich.” “Did you have fun today?” “Yes.” Open-ended questions such as “tell me about...” or “what else can you do with...” offer children the opportunity to express thoughts and feelings. Instead of asking “how was your day?,” which would typically elicit an answer of either “good” or “bad,” consider asking “tell me the best thing and the worst thing that happened today.”
Reflective Listening
Listen to what your child says, and even if you do not agree with it, acknowledge it. Seek an understanding of the feelings and needs behind the words. Demonstrate that you hear him by using phrases like “what I am hearing you say is...” or “it sounds like you are saying that...”
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and follow up by asking, “Did I get that right?” Paraphrase instead of parroting what was said. This helps a child feel heard and understood, and offers an opportunity for him to re-evaluate his words and feelings. It provides you reassurance that you understand what your child is saying. You can ask clarifying questions such as “when you say...what do you mean?” Do not interrupt the speaker to ask questions. At different points throughout the conversation, you can summarize. Your child is more likely to open up if he does not feel judged. Reflective listening helps your child work out thoughts and feelings with your support. Oftentimes, we tend to interject our thoughts and opinions into a conversation. We listen for a chance to jump in and voice our opinions or offer a rebuttal. When we do this, we invalidate the speaker’s feelings. We jump to conclusions, and we interrupt the flow of thoughts. With reflective listening, your role is simply to understand what is being
said, so that our personal assumptions and judgments do not distort what we are hearing. It also allows you time to consider what the next step might be in handling the situation.
Nonverbal Communication
Your body language often communicates more than your words do. Be mindful of your tone of voice, facial expression, and body posture. Oftentimes, children are paying more attention to these forms of nonverbal communication. To show that you are listening, nod occasionally. Be mindful that your posture is inviting. Be aware of your facial expression when communicating. Graziella Simonetti is a parent educator for EAC Network’s Long Island Parenting Institute and works as an early childhood social worker for the New York City Department of Education. She holds an advanced certificate in parent education from Adelphi University and is a NYSPEP credentialed parenting educator.
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