How to handle independence. The kids I knew that had to go for a second try were simply not able to manage their time and responsibilities independently. That drive or teaching for independence is found all through nature. More now than historically more kids land in college never really having operated independently…I chuckle sometimes when I think about being young and being told to be home in time for dinner. As I was raising my kids play-dates well supervised were in coming into vogue.
The trend for micro-managing kids from making sure they wake up get dressed and get to school on time even if they are 16 or 17 to being able to see online if they have done their homework to tracking apps and text messages have all contributed to less kids in college that genuinely have an inability to manage their day to day lives independently.
The greatest gift you can give kids is to allow them more and more independence and allow them more and more to own their successes and failures as they move through their middle teens in my opinion.