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When thinking about rules and consequences it’s important to keep the goal in mind — helping our students become responsible adults. Some advice during this time of transition:
· Communicate respectfully with your college student — see them as an individual.
· Negotiate the responsibilities they’ll have while home (laundry, cleaning, cooking, attendance at family events).
· Make rules and expectations clear.
· Help them understand the impact of their actions on the rest of the household.
· Frame issues at home in terms of what they’ve learned on their own at school.
understood that even with freedom she still had responsibilities — again, she could see this because of her experience on campus when she could choose to stay out but still had to study and attend class.