Your Role as a Parent in helping your Child Succeed in Higher Education

• Help your child believe In Yourself: A positive attitude is the key in succeeding at university. Helping and advising your child in taking responsibility for making things happen, following through on tasks given, and staying oriented towards their goals will all contribute to being successful.
• Help your child Know their goals and priorities: help by guiding and advising your child to stay in control of their life, to never miss classes, and to not fall behind in their studies. Help them understand that if they know why they are in college, they will be motivated by these goals!
• Help and advice your child to know when to ask for help and where to get it: there's a lot to get used to when your child enters university or college, and no-one finds it all easy. One of your most important responsibilities as apparent is to help your child to recognize when they need help and to know where to get it. You can advise them to talk to their lecture, a student adviser or a career counselor.
• Help your child Know how to manage their own time: advise them to oorganize a timetable or schedule: their schedule should not just be about academic work, they must also include time for personal activities and interests, this will help them track their movement, like attending classes, social activities and this will also help avoid procrastinating.
• Help your child perfect their Study Techniques: Ideally you will want to help your child find a specific system that works for them, but develop an approach that leads to the establishment of a routine. Consider advising your child into joining a study group to motivate them to get things done. Some institutions offer courses that can help them discover their learning style and build solid study habits, further advise them to talk to their academic advisor for suggestions.
• Advice and encourage your child to take advantage of the Institution resources: Most students overlook the vast network of readily available resources institutions have and go through the semester on the bare minimum - attending classes alone. Help your child, advise them to make it a rule to frequently visit the campus libraries, tutoring and writing centers, computer labs and career centers for free, valuable information.
• Advice your child to socialize or make friends and be careful in doing so. One of the best ways to help and make sure your child succeed in the higher education field is to help them through guidance and advise make friends with a variety of people preferably people that they study the same course with. Making a strong social network in tertiary is also linked to better work performance later in life in terms of networking. Nonetheless, advise them that this doesn't mean they should spend every night partying and ditching class and homework. Instead, strive for a healthy balance.