15 Fun Ways to Communicate with a Kid at College
Keeping in touch with a college student can be tricky. How do you communicate without the student feeling smothered, judged or not trusted? www.CollegeSafe.com has a free guide full of fun ways to keep in touch.
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) February 13, 2004 --How do you keep the lines of communication open so that college students still feel connected to family at home? It can be tricky to talk to your student without them feeling smothered, judged or not trusted. The college safety experts at www.CollegeSafe.com put together a free guide on fun communication tips for parents. Communication builds strong emotional health and self confidence. This creates a pattern of success and gives your kids the strength to avoid drugs, alcohol abuse and promiscuity. The complete guide is available at their website. Here are some fun tips from the free guide.
Fun Communications Ideas:
• Send them a subscription to your hometown newspaper (or forward the local community publication)
• Exchange a joke of the day by email
• Put together a funky family photo stuff with funny pictures - put on calendars, mugs, magnets or a poster size cut up into a big jigsaw puzzle
• Tape record a dinner conversation where you include them in the conversation
• When you visit get gift certificates to restaurants in the area and send them later (sometimes these can be ordered online)
• Have younger siblings or cousins send fridge drawings or write letters or emails
• Set up a family website with weekly updates of stories and pictures
• Send postcards from home state with funny stories or jokes on them
• Parents can exchange their own school war stories weekly with their student via mail or email
• Send them print or emailed links to funny off-beat stories they can share with friends
• Put together gift baskets, for example, popcorn of the month, cookie basket of the month or other special treats
• Send monogrammed towels, the towels that they left with have probably disappeared already
• Put together a fun family journal by email - both parties contribute.
• Pull together family's famous quotes like "wait until your father gets home" etc......
• Send them an inexpensive digital camera and encourage them to email or send pictures of friends with brief descriptions and stories about them
This is just a partial list; the free guide at www.CollegeSafe.com has much more. Other resources at www.CollegeSafe.com include college safety related information, products, tips, guides and the new eBook, The College Safety Guide. Download your free guide today and help your kids be smart, be prepared, be confident and be safe wherever they go. The people at www.CollegeSafe.com are dedicated to providing the latest information, products and news to help students have a safe and secure time on and off campus. Www.CollegeSafe.com is a division of www.MainStreetSafety.com, where your safety is their main concern.
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