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How To Support your Parent or Spouse

To quote one advisor of adult students:

"While it’s certainly true that no one is going to do your homework for you, if you want to keep your marriage and family intact, you’ll need at least their buy-in if not their support during your time in school.

Why? School is going to take up A LOT of your free time. There’s no getting around it! And if your family doesn’t approve, it’s going to be very difficult for you to feel comfortable studying in your own home. It’s also going to be very difficult for them to accept your school work as a legitimate reason for spending time away from them. Another reason is because at some point during your degree program you’ll feel like throwing in the towel, and who better than to keep you encouraged than your spouse!"

How can you help?

Help out with household chores and family commitments, even more than you may do already.
Remember that your parent or spouse is going to school to make life better for your family.
Give them a quiet place and pleanty of time to study. It is recommended that for every hour a student spends in a college class that they spend two hours studying outside of class.
Encourage them by reminding them how much you care about them and how proud you are of them.
Celebrate their education successes as family accomplishments.

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