Executive Function: How to Help College Kids Who Struggle

When our children go to college, they receive far less feedback about their performance than they used to. Not only are we, as parents relatively uninvolved in their daily goings-on, but the institution of school itself is expecting our children to be self-aware enough to know when they need help and self-directed enough to pursue it. For a teen who struggles with executive function skills,* the lack of constant feedback in college can make freshman year especially challenging.

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