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Welcome to the Navarro College Residence Life and Services! We hope to provide you with many valuable resources that will help you in developing your student. This may be a trying and confusing time for you both, but this site has been developed to make the college transition a little easier on everyone.
Going off to college is a milestone in a student’s life. Many people forget that it is a milestone for parents as well. If this is your first child to leave home, this event is even more important and perhaps even anxiety ridden. When your child leaves for college, you know his or her life will change, but do you realize yours will change as well? You are probably asking yourself many questions right now! Will he/she be homesick? Make friends? Succeed academically? Will he/she change because of this experience? The truth is your child’s life will change and so will yours. There are many unknowns for you both at this time. Your child is moving from adolescence to adulthood, and this will be a challenging time for both of you. Some of your hopes and dreams may go unrealized, and others may be surpassed. The challenges your son/daughter will face will help broaden his/her world experience. Meeting these challenges will be his/her “job” for the next few years.
This website describes some of the changes you can expect your child to face in the next few years. Your son or daughter will probably think, feel, and act differently as growth and change occur. He/She will seek to become more independent, autonomous, and competent. Your college student will probably not do everything you desire or in the way you prefer. He/She may not make choices in the most efficient manner, or in a way that you totally understand, but with encouragement and support, most students make it through the process successfully. These web pages hold information you may find useful as you go through this process with your college student.