Should Parents go on Campus Visits
Parents go on unofficial visits or not?
This is personal family decision you have to determine based on your son's/daughter's level of maturity, trust in them, your personal comfort and involvement you'd like to have in the decision making and college evaluation process. Each family should evaluate this on their own including the cost of traveling to each school.
Yes it's definitely okay to send your child on a college visit by themselves. I would have your child ask the coaches what the lodging/transportation arrangements are in terms of potential player housing / hotel, to and from the airport and what the tentative agenda is going to be why they're there.
Parents who do attend visits
What does a do Chaperone during campus visit with Athlete
Here's what what we'd recommend having NAME OF ATHLETE'S CHAPERONE OR RELATIONSHIP TO ATHLETE do while on the visit.
- Make sure to follow the coach's instructions or answer any questions directed towards them
- Try to be supportive of ATHLETE NAME and let them lead the conversation.
- Ask the coach if they need any individual time with NAME OF ATHLETE without NAME OF ATHLETE'S CHAPERONE OR RELATIONSHIP TO ATHLETE
- Make sure to follow the coach's instructions or answer any questions directed towards them
- Try to be supportive of ATHLETE NAME and let them lead the conversation.
- Ask the coach if they need any individual time with NAME OF ATHLETE without NAME OF ATHLETE'S CHAPERONE OR RELATIONSHIP TO ATHLETE