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

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.

As a parent, I know how hard it can be to let go and allow our children to manage the bumps and bruises of life. I wish to protect my daughter from every difficulty and shield her from every hurt.

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.

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Entering college is a big life transition with many new challenges and learning opportunities academically and personally. In my life, during transition or growth, I turn to books to help me. Most ...

We love our teens. We have loved them from birth, and it is one of the true, immutable facts of a parent’s life. Sometimes we tell them of this love; sometimes, we show them in a big gesture, a gift, ...

I was looking up boarding schools that take middle schoolers last night. I was so smug before I had an actual teen. I was sure I would let the angst roll right off me. You know what they say about ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Dating and daughters… it’s a delicate subject, especially between moms and our girls. The thought of our daughters being in the game can make us feel like throwing up in our mouths. And just ...