{"id":6872,"date":"2017-07-14T15:44:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:59:19","slug":"how-your-parents-can-prepare-for-your-uni-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/07\/14\/how-your-parents-can-prepare-for-your-uni-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"How your parents can prepare for your uni experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you\u2019re the first son\/daughter to leave, or the second or third, each time will be difficult for your parents, so here\u2019s a few things to do together to make the transition easier!<\/em><\/p>\n

Visiting the University together<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bournemouth has lots of Open Days<\/a> and applicant days leading up to when you finally move here! It is beneficial to visit these with one or both of your parents. My mum has said this helps both your parents and future student \u201cto adjust to change\u201d as well as highlight \u201cdifferent perspectives\u201d of the universities you have visited (it\u2019s always good to get a second opinion not only on the actual university, but the accommodation, course, and location too!)<\/p>\n

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Buying uni supplies<\/strong><\/h5>\n

You are going to need quite a few different supplies for uni, and who\u2019s better to go with but your parents! Not only can they help you think of things you may not have thought of<\/a> (like laundry tablets or a first aid kit) but they might possibly assist at the checkout..!! Me and my parents visited Ikea, where a lot of students go, to buy quite a lot of my supplies. However, some of the designs I didn\u2019t like so around August time (when a lot of supermarkets seem to stock up with uni supplies) I was able to find designs I preferred, like plates.<\/p>\n

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Move in day<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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My 1st year room!<\/p><\/div>\n

Let your parents help! It\u2019s an overwhelming day. You\u2019re stuck between wanting to rely on your parents, whilst also craving the independence. Having them there will help relieve any stress, because all they want to do is to help you get settled, make your room homely and make sure you\u2019re comfortable! Letting them be in your flat during move in day, will also give your parents a sense of visual adjustment as to where you\u2019ll be living, my mum said, hopefully making it easier. This time will go so quickly, so enjoy it, because soon enough you will be waving goodbye and you will then have to be independent!<\/p>\n

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Keep contact<\/h5>\n

Keeping your parents in the loop in the lead up to you moving out is just as important as when you\u2019ve moved out (you never know when you\u2019ll need their help!). What I\u2019ve found the best is Skype or Facetime, and my parents agree. My mum said the time away from me doesn\u2019t seem as long because she has seen my face (on Skype or Facetime), and it\u2019s generally a great way of communicating long distance. If you can\u2019t use either of them, a text or phone call now and again should suffice and just let your parents know you are still well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether you\u2019re the first son\/daughter to leave, or the second or third, each time will be difficult for your parents, so here\u2019s a few things to do together to make the transition easier! Visiting the University together Bournemouth has lots of Open Days and applicant days leading up to when you finally move here! It… Read more » about How your parents can prepare for your uni experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1658],"tags":[877,90,450,48,809,5,699,831,592,151,909],"class_list":["post-6872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-blog-archive","tag-bournemouth","tag-accommodation-2","tag-arrivals","tag-bu","tag-moving","tag-open-days","tag-parents","tag-preparing","tag-student-life","tag-tips","tag-uni-supplies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6872"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6915,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872\/revisions\/6915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}