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Spreading Their Wings
Students need to express their autonomy and spread their wings when they get to school. This doesn’t mean that they’ve stopped needing you – of course not! What it may mean, though, is that your student needs a chance to:
- Make his own mistakes
- Decide how to confront challenges
- Communicate with others when there’s a problem
- Choose how to spend her time
- Take responsibility for his actions
- Struggle a bit
- Learn from experience
Be there to talk things through when your student needs that and to offer support. The actual “doing,” though, is primarily up to her. This independence is one of the main ways that she will learn, grow and develop into an even stronger adult.
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The Office of Residence Life at James Madison University is committed to designing and maintaining a caring environment that encourages academic success, respect, personal growth and responsibility to one's community.
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