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Being a success in the college or university setting requires that a student work diligently under their own motivation. In elementary school children are taught basic building blocks.

Later, in junior high and high school, a student is exposed to more independence. By the time they reach the college arena they are expected to work for hours alone without help using what they already know to find the answers to the problems their professors have given them.

Some statistics claim that one half hour of instructional time in college should equate to three or more hours of homework. This shift in the way things get accomplished will help the student turn him or herself into a valued employee who needs little management oversight to accomplish work tasks proficiently.

Understanding how little junior high and high school prepare a child to work independently should give parents who want their children to succeed pause.

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Take heart, though, because you can teach your child in the very early stages of development to enjoy working alone for extended periods of time and to accomplish tasks that are very similar to work or college studies while making it seem like play.

Blogging is one such avenue for accomplishing this goal. Writing a blog or online journal is very much like writing a dissertation in college or filling out a report detailing work being done in an office environment. All the writing skills a young person practices to construct an interesting blog post or journal entry can be applied handily to the college or work setting.

Through comments on the blog, your young student will learn that nuances are interpreted differently in our language and it will help their writing to be more clear and concise. Even with an example like a blog about your son or daughter’s favorite science fiction movie, every bit of study and research your student does to answer questions posed by readers will teach them through play how to actively find answers on their own.

The more your child enjoys this type of interaction, the more time they will spend engaged in writing, researching, and learning to portray concepts professionally and succinctly. There is really no downside to encouraging your child to express themselves through writing.

Allow for as much time as you can and help to create opportunities so that your child can make play out of writing, reading and researching. Take a real interest when they show you or read to you pieces they write.

The more time children spend writing for fun, the less difficult it will be for them to jump into working long hours on a college paper that they may not feel so “gung-ho” about. Students who can not get up to speed with writing, researching and working alone may very well fail in the college setting.

Anything you can do in the course of parenting to help your student make the adjustment quickly will help ensure their success not only in the college and university setting but also throughout life.