Challenges College Students Face Living on Campus

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their illnesses at home." This is due to many reasons which include but are not limited to; fearful parents, a season of developing independence, culture, media, tuition costs, transition, social pressure, expectations, and lack of professional help. Though this is by no means an exhaustive list, this paper aims to discuss why some of these challenges contribute to loss in their sense of belonging and how can ministry leaders best support them?
In her book iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us Jean Twenge argues that parents put undue stress on emerging adults because they are involved more than ever in their child's life. "Parents continue to register their adult children for classes, remind them of deadlines, and make sure they wake up." Parents are scared that there is only one path, the path that they either have taken or that they have ...

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of adulthood that allows them to explore these avenues without the responsibility of having to manage their sleep, nutrition, sleep, and distractions. The realization that they are capable can be scary and cause them to feel alone.
Twenge says that this is "A stage that was once looked forward to is now one of fear and stress." It is not only parents who contribute to the stress but society and culture have inundated us with positivity over the past few decades. Social media is a museum of carefully curated lives handpicked only to reflect one's best moments. However, what looks like positive and happy online leads to isolation in real life. This has lead to a massive rise in FOMO ...

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