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How to Help Your Teen Step Away from a Toxic Friendship

Google “Stepping Away From Toxic Friends” and you’ll get 39,500,000 results. We all know surrounding ourselves with the right people is the best way to protect our energy (and if you Google a quote on that you’ll get 60,800,000 results).   My daughter needed help with a toxic friendship My middle school daughter recently asked my advice…

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How a Special Dog Helped My Daughter With Autism

Three weeks after our dog Pablo died Erin finally said, “Pablo’s not coming back.” The days after his passing were filled with questions: “When can we pick him up?” “When will Pablo come home?” It’s hard for anyone to imagine life without their first love, for Erin, who has autism, it was impossible. Pablo, a…

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How to Decorate a Guy’s Dorm Room: 23 Simple and Easy Ideas for 2022

Many of these guy dorm room ideas can be modified in a few different ways (with colors and throw pillows) to create options that suit any space or taste. As you think about living in a dorm room in the fall, begin to make a packing list with some of the things we’ve listed below.…

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50 Ways To Help Your Teen With College Admissions, Without Doing Too Much

Applying and going to college is a complex, confusing, and insanely expensive process. Teens need to be taking the lead and making the decisions, but because of the expense, and complexity, there is a role for parents to play. If your family needs help and advice about admissions or paying for college, the College Admissions:…

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How to Shop for College: 33 Bestselling Dorm Essentials for Freshman 2022

Ever wonder what’s on the checklist of the most popular college dorm essentials for freshmen? Here are some of the bestselling off-to-college items that Grown and Flown parents are buying for their teens. An important first step is to search the college website in the section under “Residence Life” to see what is prohibited, the…

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This Is What It Means When Your Teen is “Soiling The Nest”

My oldest leaves for college in about six weeks. To say the last few months haven’t been without a multitude of aggravations, unwarranted aggressions, flaring tempers, and angry outbursts would be a big, fat lie. Because they have. A lot.   I’ve been told this is a phenomena known as “soiling the nest.” It’s when…

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SAT: Why Do We Let a Number Take On so Much Meaning?

We’re well past binkies and boppies and deep into “how much should I freak out about the SATs?” stage of parenting. Who would’ve thought there could be so much meaning in a number?  When their PSAT scores were released, my daughter and her friends immediately compared results. Hers were a little better than average, but…

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This Small Moment of Inclusivity Had a Big Impact

Before I begin, I did ask this young man’s permission to share the story and his picture and his response was “Absolutely.” Last weekend at Senior Ball I was waiting to clean up as the dance was winding down when a young man approached me and caught me off guard. Then he proceeded to touch…

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Dorm Wall Décor: 14 Best Ways to Decorate Your Dorm Walls 2022

As you’re shopping for dorm room essentials, spend some time thinking about how to make your new room reflect your personality. Decorating dorm room walls is one of the most fun parts of moving into college. It is a way to express yourself and be creative with the blank space in your dorm. College dorm…

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Why We Love Angie Harmon in Lifetime’s New Movie ‘Buried in Barstow’

If Hazel King wanted to post a question to our Grown and Flown Facebook Parent’s Group, she would tap into the feature that allows a poster to remain anonymous. Hazel holds more secrets than the walls of a confessional, and protecting her daughter from the dangers posed by those secrets is priority number one. However,…

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