If you’re shopping for your off-to-college student, Amazon Prime Day is a great way to purchase true dorm essentials and popular extras at a discount. Luckily, we’ve done the legwork for you and ...

Remember the moments that seemed insignificant, just as vividly as the ones that seemed momentous. These are the foundation of you- how you have been built experience by experience, each one giving ...

“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 ...

6 important things your young adult wedding guest should know 1. RSVP on time, and with no add-ons The concept and adherence of the RSVP has gotten a little lax over the last few decades. Many young ...

The campuses were quiet. Students were plugged in to their phones. One of our first college visits was to Yale last fall. During our tour of the school, one student carrying an instrument case stopped ...

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 do things for them. Maybe too many things. I know it’s time to treat them more like adults, but it’s hard. Very hard. So, like toilet training (the first developmental milestone I couldn’t ...

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 ...