In honor of Mother's Day, Jenna shares a good piece of advice from her mom, Former First Lady Laura Bush, gave her when she went off to college.
"One piece of advice that my mom tried to teach me early on was to treat college like a job. So to go to campus early, stay at campus, stay dedicated," Jenna said on TODAY.
"I’m not sure I totally listened to that advice," Jenna continued with a laugh.
Jenna shared her proudest moments in college — though she realizes some might look at it as a regret.
"I made mistakes. And I was allowed to make mistakes, and I failed. And mine was public," Jenna said. "But kids don't feel like they can fail because everything is on social media."
TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb also shared d her biggest regret in college.
"I was someone who just crammed for tests and just spit out the answers, as opposed to realizing it was a beautiful place to learn," Hoda said.
"I didn't have a plan. I didn't go in with the master plan," she continued. "I feel like there's so much planning. The kids are going crazy: 'Oh, I need to study abroad. I need to do this, I need to do that. I need more of these courses. I need to work.' It's like, 'Slow it down.'"
TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie chimed in by agreeing and recommended taking a gap year.
"When I went to college, I didn't care about learning," Savannah shared. "I never read the books."
She clarified in law school she "pulled it together," but in college she did "whatever the bare minimum was to get a passing grade."
After Jenna described how the way she studied in her senior year of college was "so different" from how she did her first year, Hoda gave one last piece of advice for college students: "Choose the teacher, not necessarily the subject."
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"You know one thing my mom did, which I hope to do at some point, is she would always give us ... one mental health day like a semester," Jenna recalled in 2019.
"She could see that we were exhausted," Jenna said. "She’s like, 'OK, we’re going to stay home (from school) and ... I'm going to take you to lunch, and we’re going to read together, and we’re going to have a day.'"
"And it was just for mental health," Jenna, who shares three children with husband Henry Hager, continued. "I think you kind of need that — even little kids."
Sounds like Jenna will be passing on her mother's great advice to her own children.
Source: Today.com