Care package ideas for college students

When your child goes off to school, your responsibilities as the parent does not end.  College can be a very hard transition, even for the most mature and well adjusted 18-year-old. In addition to talking to your child regularly, sending care packages is also a must. Depending on the needs of your child, care packages can contain a variety of items. A care package should show your child you care, but also contain items that they want and need. Talk to your child and get an idea of what they would like before sending the care package.

Best foods for a college care package

The most common type of care package consists of food. While a lot of colleges offer meal tickets for cafeteria food, that's not always enough. Students keep odd hours and need snacks on hand at all times. Fast food, in addition to being unhealthy, can also be costly – especially for college students. That's where food related care packages come in.

When sending food care packages, make sure that everything you send is non-perishable. Also take into account the space your child has to store the items and whether or not your child has a stove, oven or microwave at their disposal.

Here is a list to get you started:

• Beef jerky
• Bottled water
• Candy bars
• Gum
• Canned soups
• Cereal and oatmeal
• Granola bars
• Chips

• Brownie mix
• Rice crispie treats
• Homemade cookies
• Ramen noodles
• Popcorn
• Pretzels or party mix
• Protein bars
• Tea or lemonade mix

Bonus

For an extra treat, consider gift cards to your child's favorite restaurants or fast food places

A Little Recreation

Well, we all need some recreation or downtime from all the hard work we put in regardless of age. Yes, the little ones need some downtime/recreation also. So what can we do for them? Why not watch a movie. I love watching movies but they have to be age appropriate. So here are my choices. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My number 1 pick. Happy Feet. I love this movie, was awesome. Can watch it over and over.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I also love watching nature shows such as this one.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More Favorites:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More Family Movies

Let's teach our children.

Hello all and how are you? Fine I hope. As a new blogger I always hear you need to write about something you are passionate about. So I sat and thought about it and asked myself: "What are you passionate about?" Took awhile-then it hit me: the education of our children.


As a wife and mother of 3 children, I have always been an advocate for education- mainly for our young ones. Remember we as parents are our children's FIRST TEACHER!! What we teach them or don't reach them will show thru their actions. You can either be proud or ashamed. I'm sure you would wanna be proud. We want to keep in mind that a child is like a sponge, they absorb EVERYTHING around them-whether good or bad. So why not contribute to their good manners, habits, and characteristic. Good idea, yes?


So when should we start? Infancy. You are starting with a clean sheet of paper and you're holding a PERMANENT MARKER!!! There's NO ERASING!!! What you put there stays there!!! We want to build good lasting memories for our children.

So what can we teach our infants? Well in this case there is an endless list of things. I'll show you a few to get you started.

Let's make bath time fun Bathtub Toys

Bedtime is also a great time to relax the little one for a good nights rest......for the both of you. You can never go wrong with Elmo

.

I hope this was helpful. Please comment....keep it clean. Thank you.