I just got asked about what gifts parents can get that will be useful for their seniors next year. Here is a list of some of the things that my own children and their friends have found useful:
- A bag for lugging around books and a laptop.
- All my kids preferred messenger bags with laptop padding to backpacks.
- A laptop lock... they may never use it, but it doesn't hurt to have.
- A standing coat rack (helps for cleaning their room in a jiffy)
- A rolling duffle for travel
- A standing lamp with adjustable arms
- A headlamp or neck lamp so that they can read at night when a roommate may be asleep
- Comfortable soundblocking headphones
- A ipod charger/clock radio for next to the bed
- Believe it or not, a lightweight vacuum (one that is a handvac with a long handle works well)
