Before They Go

A Parent's Honest Guide to Getting Your Child Ready for University (and Getting Yourself Ready Too)

Your child may be ready for uni but are you ready for them to go?

Before They Go is a warm, practical guide for parents preparing a young person for university for the first time.

Yes, we'll talk about what to pack. But more importantly, we'll talk about what needs to happen before the suitcase is zipped: money, life skills, friendships, faith, homesickness, academic pressure, relationships, boundaries, communication and learning how to let go without disconnecting.

Written from my own experience of sending my boys to uni, including sending a child abroad to study, this is the guide I wish someone had handed me before I found myself standing in the bedding aisle wondering whether I had prepared for the right things.