{"id":1933,"date":"2017-06-19T07:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T07:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/senior-summer-six-things-my-son-must-learn-before-leaving-for-college\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:22:44","slug":"senior-summer-six-things-my-son-must-learn-before-leaving-for-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/senior-summer-six-things-my-son-must-learn-before-leaving-for-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Summer: Six Things My Son Must Learn Before Leaving for College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t tell you how many photographs of my oldest that I have looked at, or how many times I\u2019ve looked at them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to turn off the radio and drive in silence \u2013 or listen to soca exclusively \u2013 to keep from hearing a line in a song that makes my eyes well up with tears. Even old school soca takes me back to his famous &#8220;diaper wine&#8221; at Atlanta Carnival back in 2000, so I can&#8217;t really escape. Truth be told, I never really thought about how hard it would be to let him go when the time came for him to leave for college.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post is written in partnership with <a title=\"Jeff Dayak Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffdayak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Dayak<\/a> Photography. I was compensated for writing this post, but as always all opinions are my own. <a href=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/faq-s-about-sponsored-posts-what-they-are-and-why-bloggers-write-them\/\">Click here to learn more about sponsored posts.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1923\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1325px) 100vw, 1325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are so many things that I feel like I haven\u2019t done for him that I should have.\u00a0 One that was really bothering me was that he hadn\u2019t ridden a horse. We took care of that in epic fashion, so that is off of my list. My. List. That\u2019s right. I have a list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1924\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01.jpg 883w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_01-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You spend the years making sure that they eat right, make it to doctor\u2019s appointments, get all their shots, play a sport, play an instrument, learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, can sing-spell Mississippi, and can catch a football.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1925\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_06-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Come graduation time, you start thinking about all of the things that you hope you didn\u2019t forget to teach them how to do. Hundreds of things go through your mind, and keep you up at night wondering exactly how much you can get done in six weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1926\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04.jpg 883w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_04-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is my list of things that I have to make sure he learns to do in the little bit of time I have left with him under my roof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Budget his time.<\/strong> My husband and I still remind him when he should go to bed, and give him a specific time to get up and do his chores, based on what he has to do that next day. I hope that he will be able to do that on his own in college, when he has to work around school and other obligations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1927\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12.jpg 883w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_12-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Admit when he is wrong.<\/strong> We are always up for a healthy debate around here, but that doesn\u2019t usually work with professors. Sometimes you have to admit that they are right, you are wrong, and move on. The relationship with the professor is usually worth more than being right. I mean, you don\u2019t even get a trophy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1928\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08.jpg 883w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_08-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Fight for his beliefs.<\/strong> Even though admitting when he is wrong will probably come in handy with certain professors, fighting for that grade or something necessary and deserved may also happen at some point in the next four years. We have been transparent with our struggles with supervisors and professors, and I hope that we dealt with them gracefully enough for him to learn from our decisions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1929\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15.jpg 883w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_15-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Take his clothes to the dry cleaners.<\/strong> I haven\u2019t had him come with me to take in the dry cleaning, so I\u2019ll have to show him how all that goes before he leaves. He\u2019ll be in business school, so he has to stay sharp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1930\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_18-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Leave room for the fun stuff.<\/strong> I expect, if his college experience is anything like mine was, that these\u00a0will be some of the best years of his life before he becomes a parent. I hope that we have taught him that there is value in work, but also in play.\u00a0 I hope that he schedules time to play intramural sports, go to the movies, and play a game of chess.\u00a0 I pray that we taught him to work hard, but also enjoy his life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1931\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_13-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Document everything.<\/strong> We have tons and tons of photos of him over the years \u2013 from infancy to this amazing moment. I hope that he takes a lot of photos and can look back on his time in college with his friends and smile.\u00a0 I am so glad that we had the opportunity to document his growth into the young man he is today, including the photos in this post. <a title=\"Jeff Dayak Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffdayak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Dayak<\/a>\u00a0captured who my son is at this moment\u00a0in these\u00a0senior portraits. He\u2019s nervous, serious, determined, and curious. He&#8217;s also feeling himself a little! That is who he is right now, and I am thankful that <a title=\"Jeff Dayak Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffdayak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Dayak<\/a> was able to help us document this important time in his life.<\/p>\n<p>This post is sponsored by <a title=\"Jeff Dayak Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffdayak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Dayak Photography<\/a>. Visit their website at<a title=\"Jeff Dayak Photography Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffdayak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> JeffDayak.com<\/a>, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeffDayakPhotography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">their Facebook page<\/a>, and follow them on Instagram at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jdayak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@jdayak<\/a>. \u00a0More photos are coming, so see more of Evan\u2019s senior portraits, follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paceofspace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@paceofspace<\/a> on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1932\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_pin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_pin.jpg 735w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_pin-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senior_portraits_jeff_dayak_socamom_pin-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have child who is leaving\/has left for college? What do you wish you had taught them before they went? What do you wish you knew before you went away to school? Share your experience in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t tell you how many photographs of my oldest that I have looked at, or how many times I\u2019ve looked at them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to turn off the radio and drive in silence \u2013 or listen to soca exclusively \u2013 to keep from hearing a line in a song that makes my eyes well up with tears. Even old school soca takes me back to his famous &#8220;diaper wine&#8221; at Atlanta Carnival back in 2000, so I can&#8217;t really escape. Truth be told, I never really thought about how hard it would be to let him go when the time came for him to leave for college.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/senior-summer-six-things-my-son-must-learn-before-leaving-for-college\/#more-1933\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senior Summer: Six Things My Son Must Learn Before Leaving for College<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-blog","blog_design-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senior Summer: Six Things My Son Must Learn Before Leaving for College - Socamom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/senior-summer-six-things-my-son-must-learn-before-leaving-for-college\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Summer: Six Things My Son Must Learn Before Leaving for College - Socamom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you how many photographs of my oldest that I have looked at, or how many times I\u2019ve looked at them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to turn off the radio and drive in silence \u2013 or listen to soca exclusively \u2013 to keep from hearing a line in a song that makes my eyes well up with tears. 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