Misdirection: The transition to college: a brave and startling truth
No doubt the transition to college can be difficult to navigate, both for incoming first-year students and their parents. Certainly, many young people thrive in their academic environments, relishing new relationships, new challenges, and new independence. That is the best we can hope (and prepare them) for. Yet, others find the shift from high school to college a mixed blessing or even a downright disaster.