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Hearing those words from my son, a high school senior, was very jarring. He told me about a conversation with a friend’s moms. His friend’s younger brother was struggling with many of the same things ...

In today’s world, there’s an overwhelming emphasis on excellence. We love the star athletes, the performers, the innovative thinkers. Schools and universities highlight the extraordinary students, ...

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You might think that since I’m a dean of admissions at a university, that my kids’ experience of applying to college would have been friction free. No. Teenage development includes a predictable ...

A popular meme gushes that mothers sleep better when all the teens are back home under one roof. I bet that meme was created the day those children arrived, or even days before. Because the reality of ...

My husband and I recently spent the day together to celebrate my birthday while our kids were in school. I wanted a quietly-adult day-a breakfast at my favorite sunny spot lingering over coffee I didn ...

Grown and Flown was where I first saw the advice about how often to communicate with my college freshman. It was 2018, and we were just about to send the guinea pig off to a university three hours ...

Dear Daughter, On your 18th birthday, I wrote you a love letter that contained all the most important life lessons I knew at the time. Five years later, we have both grown and learned, sometimes the ...

Decorating a dorm room can be challenging. You have limited space, roommates to contend with, and (of course) a budget to stick to. Once you have the essentials, it’s time for the big stuff — ...

When teens and young adults picture social settings, most of them envision physical spaces with their peers, online communication, or possibly family gatherings. Most don’t think about the social ...

Our two children grew up in a dual income family watching us balance our careers, our marriage, and parenting them as a team. My mantra as they grew and advanced from one stage to the next was: I just ...