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My son wished that I had let him fail He had turned things around for himself in 12th grade. He was doing much better academically, engaging in class discussions at school, willingly seeking out extra ...

Dr. Cara Natterson, pediatrician, consultant and New York Times bestselling author told Grown and Flown that, It’s hard to say precisely why kids turn to grandmacore…one could imagine they’re ...

“Time for him to fly” “They have to leave the nest sometime” And the worst, “Next year you guys will be empty nesters.” I realize how self-involved this probably sounds. We have friends who have lost ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m not sure anyone should be expected to survive this place–smack dab in the middle of the bridge, sandwiched between two very different options for exit. My son, my youngest child, is weeks away ...

Once you get your mail-in/absentee ballot, fill it out. Take a few minutes to read the instructions on your ballot carefully and make sure you fill it out correctly. Some states have an envelope ...

Looking back, I have two distinct buckets of memories. The first bucket held all my joy and fulfillment from being a stay-at-home mom —getting to see the world through my children’s eyes, helping them ...

I read this book later in my college career, and I wish I had read it sooner because not giving a f*ck is not one of my strong suits. The book advocates for focusing on the things in life that matter ...

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When you have four children, you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll have four different experiences for every situation. Somehow, at first, I didn’t appreciate that this fundamental truth would ...