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Tips for Parents
Seasonal Student Issues #32 There's a seasonal ebb and flow when it comes to student issues. Here are a few things your student may be experiencing this month:
- Difficulty getting into study mode
- Things become routine ... school finally becomes home
- Missing family and friends at home, and friends who did not return to school
- Cliques become stronger within residence hall communities, student organizations and in classes
- Cabin fever and burnout
- Pressures to figure out living plans for next year as the room assignment process draws near
- Valentine's Day depression if not dating
- Vocational choice/internship search causes anxiety
- Spring break planning underway
- Worries begin about summer jobs and internship experience
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