Teach your Teen this before College

As a parent, you feel committed to providing for your child, no matter what age or stage of life they are in.

It’s important to keep in mind everyone needs to learn the invaluable lesson of grit.

In today’s society, it’s easy to jump in, solve your student’s problems or not want them to ever feel uncomfortable.

Because the journey of life is never linear. If you want your teen to experience success through the college admissions process, college, and in their adult life, please work with them to learn what it takes to have grit.

  1. Stay calm and reassure them that you have all the confidence in the world in them.

    When an experience seems hard and they show emotions of feeling insecure, depressed or lack the confidence to see the experience through, they look to their parent(s) to reinforce their belief in themselves. Their inner voice, starts with how their parents speak to them.

  2. Encourage them to continue through the feeling of being uncomfortable. Show them that you believe in them. Don’t nag or raise your voice. A calm supportive voice will succeed.

  3. In order to help your teen handle and persist through setbacks, don’t abandon them and stay supportive through it all. Persistence will show them what grit truly is and that will empower them and strengthen their inner voice.

This is how their inner voice will be re-wired to hear a supportive, encouraging voice that calmly tells themself that they can do whatever challenge is in front of them. By showing your teen what grit is, they too will develop grit.

That is a parent success story.