The celebration had created a contract: this is where you wanted to be, this is where you are, the story is finished. The ...

My brain is overflowing with words. If you’re in peak college-parent season, I’ll bet you’d ace this vocabulary exam. Early action. Early decision. Common App. FAFSA. Demonstrated interest. Enrollment ...

It’s that time of the year when many parents of high school seniors debate the pros and cons of throwing their teen a graduation party. For some, it’s a family tradition and a given that you host such ...

Here is the best-kept secret about the college school year. It is about 15 minutes long. No sooner do kids return to college from spring break than they are ready to move back home for the summer.

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Lifetime produced a reality show A Sorority Mom’s Guide to Rush that had 10 episodes in 2025. As I read about the show in advance of the premier, I cringed with the misinformation and dramatic tone.

It’s me — the woman who was in your shoes last year. Here is my best advice for first-time college parents. (Twenty20 @jharrisj) I’m in the same shoes right now because I have another high school ...

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I can’t think clearly right now because there is a rather substantial section of my prefrontal cortex missing. It’s a fairly important chunk, something having to do with rational thought. You see, it ...

I arrived at my house from the funeral home and went straight to bed. I’d been awake for nearly 36 hours, the final hours of my mom’s life. While saying my last goodbye, I was told by the hospital ...

I’m a parent of a high school senior. So naturally, for the last year or so, my mailbox has been littered with letters, brochures, and postcards from universities, each trying to make the case for why ...

There was a time when our concept of adulthood was clearly proscribed. A young person of legal age (think 20-something year olds) would be thought of as a true adult when they got married, bought or ...