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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 759913" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My Mom went to graduate school starting when I was in 4th grade. My Dad went when I was about 14 (and he wanted it to be a father daughter project. So many of my teachers hated him after that.). So I sort of grew up in grad school. Add to that having a surrogate Grandpa who was a Professor Emeritus and always had a bunch of grad students around, and being in a primarily university town from the time I was 13, I have some serious experience with the grad school process. Mom ran the PhD program for her department for many years. I was often drafted to help her with whatever was going on - serving at parties, entering grades into the computer, data entry if a student really needed help, etc... </p><p></p><p>1. One piece of advice? Remember to live a little. I have seen so many grad students who are buried under work and school and they forget to take much time to themselves. Those little rituals of self care - from a run to a workout to a face mask to time to meditate, whatever it is that helps you recharge, don't forget to do those things. If you burn out, you are no good to yourself or anyone else. I cannot count the number of times some student would show up at our house in a frazzle, all burned out. I think I was 15 when I finally got that down to a routine. Mostly because often my folks were at work or some function while I was home alone to deal with this. I would get them settled with coffee, a coke, or whatever. Usually I had homemade cookies or pie to offer. The tissues were always close by for this reason. If they were super stressed, I brought the dog in (she never met a stranger and was very chill). Then I made small talk until they expressed what was wrong. Mostly I just listened because what else could I do? If I knew where my Mom was, I called her. Otherwise, I just sat there with the student until either a parent (one of mine) came home or the student left. Usually they were overly tired and freaking themselves out. </p><p></p><p>2. How do you support your child? By letting my child know that I have complete faith that they will be a success at this. And by helping when I can reasonably do so. </p><p></p><p>3. What has changed? A greater level of maturity and an increased willingness to do whatever hard work is required to complete her goals. (So sort of the less partying but not expressly said).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 759913, member: 1233"] My Mom went to graduate school starting when I was in 4th grade. My Dad went when I was about 14 (and he wanted it to be a father daughter project. So many of my teachers hated him after that.). So I sort of grew up in grad school. Add to that having a surrogate Grandpa who was a Professor Emeritus and always had a bunch of grad students around, and being in a primarily university town from the time I was 13, I have some serious experience with the grad school process. Mom ran the PhD program for her department for many years. I was often drafted to help her with whatever was going on - serving at parties, entering grades into the computer, data entry if a student really needed help, etc... 1. One piece of advice? Remember to live a little. I have seen so many grad students who are buried under work and school and they forget to take much time to themselves. Those little rituals of self care - from a run to a workout to a face mask to time to meditate, whatever it is that helps you recharge, don't forget to do those things. If you burn out, you are no good to yourself or anyone else. I cannot count the number of times some student would show up at our house in a frazzle, all burned out. I think I was 15 when I finally got that down to a routine. Mostly because often my folks were at work or some function while I was home alone to deal with this. I would get them settled with coffee, a coke, or whatever. Usually I had homemade cookies or pie to offer. The tissues were always close by for this reason. If they were super stressed, I brought the dog in (she never met a stranger and was very chill). Then I made small talk until they expressed what was wrong. Mostly I just listened because what else could I do? If I knew where my Mom was, I called her. Otherwise, I just sat there with the student until either a parent (one of mine) came home or the student left. Usually they were overly tired and freaking themselves out. 2. How do you support your child? By letting my child know that I have complete faith that they will be a success at this. And by helping when I can reasonably do so. 3. What has changed? A greater level of maturity and an increased willingness to do whatever hard work is required to complete her goals. (So sort of the less partying but not expressly said). [/QUOTE]
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