College recruiting can be an exhilarating and exciting experience. That is if your child is getting emails and interest from the schools he or she wants to attend. But what happens when the phone doesn’t ring? What if they haven’t been invited to an official visit? Maybe they’ve emailed a coach and asked what times are needed and the coach sends back a list of walk-on times—and those times are faster than your child’s best times. What can you do as a parent to help? Here are a few things we can do during the ups and downs of college recruiting:

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Be supportive. The college admissions process can be nerve-racking with or without athletics thrown in the mix.