{"id":319370,"date":"2010-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casadecampoliving.com\/resume-building-to-do-or-not-to-do-what-is-too-much\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T21:58:57","slug":"resume-building-to-do-or-not-to-do-what-is-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casadecampoliving.com\/es\/resume-building-to-do-or-not-to-do-what-is-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume Building: To do or not to do, what is too much?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this post, our education consultant Andrea Glovsky, talks about how to help your child build a suitable resume for college, without pushing them to do too much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For many of my clients it is senior year and panic time is upon them: they worry that they do not have a strong enough resume! Their question is always, \u201cwhat should I do?\u201d A resume, not too long ago, was something an adult used to get a job. Now teens everywhere are being forced, encourage or cajoled to do activities to build their resume for college. They are overscheduled and exhausted. I know parents of children as young as 10 that ask me if an activity is good for \u201cmy child\u2019s resume\u201d for college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somehow we have gotten it all wrong. Manufactured interest and passion rarely works. Often it actually backfires: the dancer who starts at age four, suddenly loses interest in high school. The commitment, discipline and time interfere with the normal activity of being a teen and exploring their own interest. They want time to be with their friends, play a sport, act in a play, explore different mediums in the art studio. It is normal to want to try new things. That is what teens do. The more over-programmed they are, the less time they have for new experiences; the kind that help in college, career, and life decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A passion truly comes from within, not something manufactured by an overzealous desire to position oneself for college acceptance. Children need to find and explore areas of interest throughout their developing years. Usually they prefer to focus on things that come easyily, are comfortable, they do well in, or include friends. Teens rarely want to be different. Sports is an area that many students begin at an early age, futbol for one, some start at age 4 or 5 and continue through high school. Many of my students tell me they do not love their sport, but they think it will help them get into college. A sport does not necessarily translate into a college acceptance. But team sports does give students a great deal; physical activity, group cooperation and team work, a structured schedule and often confidence: all good if they are doing it willingly and wouldn\u2019t rather be doing something else. Of course doing nothing or playing computer games is not an acceptable something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should a parent do to guide and encourage their teen to explore activities without pushing resume filling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n