Advice to Parents
Mom and dad, we (your kids) have plenty of parental advice for you ...
“Care packages are always a nice gesture because mail time can be the crucial point in a students’ day. Not getting any mail makes a student sad. When you get a pink slip for a package, it makes your week!”
—Ashley Veigelt ‘07
"Bike locks are a necessity...unless you like to go swimming (in the pond!)"
—Travis Appelgate '08
“Send cards, send candy, but mostly, send money.”
—Lindsay Korver ‘07
“A roll of quarters for laundry is always appreciated!”
—Ashlee Gingerich ‘06
“Getting mail is officially the coolest thing on earth. Even if its just a little note or card, although packages are very welcome, it just lets us know that you are thinking of us and makes us feel super important!”
—Maria Weiler ‘08
“Care packages are awesome, especially with homemade food.”
—Heather Dixon ‘07
“As an out-of state student, it’s always nice for my parents to give me gas money when I go home, especially with gas prices so stinking high!”
—Katie Loomans ‘05
“The best Central parents are those who bring plenty of food for everyone on the floor!”
—Anonymous
“College kids will do anything for mail. It doesn't matter what's in the package, as long as we get to pick it up from the post office window and take a few laps around campus so all our friends can see us with a box under our arm.”
—Jake Rohde ‘06
“If parents want to see you, they can actually come and see you, it doesn’t have to be a special occasion—but it’s always nice to know they are coming first.”
—Brady Kurtz ‘06
“The best part about my parents coming, is when they come and take me out for dinner so I don’t have to eat at Central Market, and I also love when my parents take me on shopping adventures to Wal-Mart.”
—Austin De Hoogh ‘05
“When we moved away from home, we moved away from home. Stop calling us and telling us what to do, and no, Mom, I didn’t make my bed today.”
—Anonymous
“Words of wisdom: College is as much a learning experience for parents as it is for students. Just as students are learning to be independent, so are the parents learning to let their children be independent.”
—P.J. Van Kley ‘06
“I suggest you plant a money tree somewhere in your yard, because your kid will be asking to ‘harvest’ it all the time.”
—Jake Rohde ‘06
