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July 3, 2021
Does Your Teen Sleep Until 2PM? Let It Go, Summer Slumber Is Normal
“WHEN WILL THEY SLEEP!?!?” I distinctly recall practically weeping this desperate statement out loud to my fellow infant playgroup moms circa 1999. Bone tired, with eyeballs barely able to focus on the clasp of my nursing bra, I remember the level of sheer exhaustion being so deep that I wondered if the lack of sleep…
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July 1, 2021
High School Mom to College Mom: 5 Differences to Celebrate
You’re excited. You’re proud. You’re nervous. You’re a wreck. You’re sad. You’re relieved. You’re happy! Now shuffle all those emotions up and then turn on your brain overthinking function, and you have the summer before your teen leaves for college pretty much in a nutshell. Those few weeks of impending change before the big shipping…
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June 30, 2021
Depression: 5 Steps Parents Can Take to Help Their Teen’s Mental Health
One of the joys of being a clinical psychologist is the privilege of seeing teens grow and mature. When I meet with Nick now, two years after we first met, I often smile to myself when he leaves my office or more recently when our zoom session ends. Nick is one of the kindest people…
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June 28, 2021
24 Things Middle and High School Students Can Do to Keep Busy This Summer
Dear Teen, The times have found you. That’s what they say to generations faced with difficult times. I know you didn’t ask for this honor. For what it’s worth, I’m sorry you have had to shoulder the burden of living through a pandemic. I wish you didn’t have to spend last year taking classes online,…
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June 27, 2021
What NOT to Buy: Don’t Waste Money on These 17 Frivolous Dorm Ideas
About a month before my daughter left for college we spent a fun day shopping together for items for her dorm room. And by fun I mean expensive. The amount of dorm purchases she needed – or thought she needed – was staggering. When it came time to pack it all up and stuff it…
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How Middle and High School Students Can Explore STEM This Summer
NOTE: Grown and Flown was compensated for this post but the opinions in it are our own. Thanks to iD Tech Camps for being one of our partners. Summers with teens can be L O N G. And a summer that follows a school year spent at home behind a computer can seem even longer.…
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June 26, 2021
Summer Vacation: 30 Ways Students Can Make the Most of Free Time
This was a stressful year for families and students need the summer to rest and relax. But THEIR down time during the summer months can sometimes collide with the real responsibilities we have as parents. Plus, there is only so much Netflix teens can watch until boredom takes over. Your teen may actually welcome ideas…
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June 25, 2021
Five Words Helped Me Win the Summer Curfew Battle With My Teens
Here’s the problem: I can’t sleep at night until I know my kids are home safely. I try, and I just can’t. I’m a worrier. This makes summer a disaster because my husband and I both work full-time and are up before 6 each morning – meaning I’m a sleep-deprived mess when my kids are…
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Life is Returning to Normal But I’m Not Entirely Sure I’m Ready
The email was not entirely unexpected. It arrived late in the afternoon as I was clicking off my desk lamp and considering whether to cook or get a Wegmans Meal 2GO for dinner. I knew this day was coming. I’d participated in many meetings about it. But the specific contents of the message were unknown,…
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June 24, 2021
New Supreme Court Decisions: What Students and Parents Need to Know
In a year-end blitz of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) opinions, two may be of interest to parents of college athletes and high school students. Students’ free speech extends beyond the school grounds The first opinion that parents and their teens may find interesting is a major First Amendment case on student speech. SCOTUS ruled in favor…
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