亲爱的父母(或配偶):
This letter is being sent to all parents (or spouses) of students accepted on upcoming 体育菠菜大平台 出国留学 programs. We're very pleased your student has chosen to study abroad with us. What follows will be information that students may fail to pass along to those who feel a need to know. Perhaps your student has been independent for years, and you won't see this information as relevant. 在这种情况下，不要再往下读了!
当你的学生是成年人时, 我们建议, 出发前, 你们坐下来讨论沟通, 财务状况, 和安全, as these are the areas that are often of most concern to parents and spouses.
交流: Discuss correspondence with your student and decide on a time each week or month that you will write or make tele电话 contact. 确保你们每个人都有地址, 电话号码, 电子邮件地址, and best times to make contact with the other (and be sure to take into account the difference in time zones and occasional "misses" due to unexpected changes in schedule on either end). Check with your local long distance carrier regarding discounted international calling rates. 获取机构联系人姓名, 电话, 传真, and email so that you will be able to make contact with each other outside of your agreed-upon schedule 如有需要.
Perhaps you recall the adjustment that your student had to make when he or she first arrived at 体育菠菜大平台: everything was new and different, 一切都不像在家里那样. All of this will be true once again, though perhaps even in exaggerated form, in another country. Remember that what may be related to you as an emergency will often sort itself out. We know of many instances in which a student has called home in distress shortly after arriving at a far-away destination; the parents worried about whether to bring the student home, 或者寄更多的钱, 或者和学生一起旅行. The parents 电话d back a short time later and received no response and imagined all sorts of dire scenarios until finally reaching the student several hours later and finding out that all was now well and that the student had made a new friend over coffee and was beginning to enjoy the new setting. Trust your student: remember that handling these challenges is part of the adventure of being far from home and part of growing up.
财务状况: Most expenses for 体育菠菜大平台 study abroad programs are billed directly to students' accounts (some programs require that the student pay housing and meal expenses to the host institution). All students are responsible, however, for incidental expenses while abroad. Make arrangements with your student on how you would transfer additional or emergency funds, 如有需要, as well as the source of those funds and their potential uses (emergency travel home versus local travel for sightseeing; funds to cover lost or missing luggage versus gifts for friends). If the source of funds is the student's bank account, consider a short-term Power of Attorney so that the student's signature isn't needed for deposits/withdrawals. 学生的金融机构, 银行是否, 储蓄与贷款, 或者信用社, 我能告诉你们需要什么吗. You may want to provide a copy of this information to the 金融援助 Office, so that any funds made available to the student can be directed appropriately.
When your student makes the choice to study abroad, you may not be sure what to expect or how their experience will affect you. Check out these resources to help prepare yourself as you seek to support your student; be prepared to support your student before, 在, 还有他们在国外的经历.
We're very pleased your student has chosen to study abroad with us. The letter contains information that students may fail to pass along to those who feel a need to know.
家长感言:
How to maintain communication with your child while they are abroad
How to determine whether your child should study abroad
