Tips for First Generation College Parents

·      Get to know the college campus and the town in which it is located

·      Join the college’s parents association

·      Believe in your child even when it seems he doesn’t believe in himself

·      Encourage your child to seek out a student group or mentor program for first generation students

·      Understand that your child may not be able to attend family functions like he used to

·      Encourage other family members and younger siblings to join your child on campus

·      After a while your child will consider campus to be his home, this is normal for most students and doesn’t mean that he’s abandoning you

·      College students may change in appearance or in the language they use, but deep down they are still the same person you raised with the same personality and values