Comments on: Getting Your Teen Ready for College http://andyouwill.com/2009/06/12/getting-your-teen-ready-for-college/ Do-It-Yourself ... And You Will Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:03:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mary Davis http://andyouwill.com/2009/06/12/getting-your-teen-ready-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Mary Davis Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:28:39 +0000 http://andyouwill.com/?p=1117#comment-394 Very good points, indeed, Carl! There are many transitions in life, and we don't always have the tools to best deal with them. I think it's our job as parents to help provide our children with the resources and tools to assist them in dealing with change and to help them learn to use the resources on their own. Thank you so much for your comment. Very good points, indeed, Carl! There are many transitions in life, and we don’t always have the tools to best deal with them. I think it’s our job as parents to help provide our children with the resources and tools to assist them in dealing with change and to help them learn to use the resources on their own. Thank you so much for your comment.

]]> By: Carl Hindy, PhD http://andyouwill.com/2009/06/12/getting-your-teen-ready-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Carl Hindy, PhD Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:16:04 +0000 http://andyouwill.com/?p=1117#comment-383 Yes, it seems that our teenagers finally get comfortable with high school, and then it's time to "start all over again." It seems that youth is filled with transitions which seem like starting all over again, and it's stressful. But then you get into the long expanse of middle-age-hood and sometimes the stress seems to come from the very *absence* of change (or, at least the absence of such clear positive waypoints). Life sometimes seems like a railroad ride, where we pass the stations so quickly at the outset. Then the stations get further apart, but the train goes faster and faster! How best to enjoy the successes of our children, and ride along with them in new ways ... and not get in the way. Carl Hindy, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Nashua NH Yes, it seems that our teenagers finally get comfortable with high school, and then it’s time to “start all over again.” It seems that youth is filled with transitions which seem like starting all over again, and it’s stressful. But then you get into the long expanse of middle-age-hood and sometimes the stress seems to come from the very *absence* of change (or, at least the absence of such clear positive waypoints). Life sometimes seems like a railroad ride, where we pass the stations so quickly at the outset. Then the stations get further apart, but the train goes faster and faster!

How best to enjoy the successes of our children, and ride along with them in new ways … and not get in the way.

Carl Hindy, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Nashua NH

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