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What Teens Can Learn From Naomi Osaka’s Public Plea for Self-Care

This week, 23-year-old tennis phenom Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to tend to her mental health. It was an incredibly brave and bold move. Tournament rules require players to participate in press interviews after matches. She was first fined $15,000 for missing an interview opportunity. When organizers threatened greater penalties, Osaka decided to…

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What’s a Golden Birthday: 24 Ways to Help You Celebrate

A “golden birthday” refers to that one birthday – IN LIFE – where your age matches the number date you were born on. How do you celebrate a golden birthday? How to celebrate depends on your family’s traditions and, most importantly, the birthday boy or girls’ wishes. Yikes! I missed my teen’s golden birthday. What do I…

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Nine Ways to Make Friends in College Starting Your Very First Day

With college starting in just a few months, it can be nerve-wracking thinking about going away to college and not knowing anyone. Here are some easy ways to get to know other students and make friends in the dorm during move-in and the beginning of the school year!  Nine easy ways to make friends in…

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Who Is This TikToker Middle Aged Moms Are Swooning Over?

Scrolling through TikTok can be enormously time consuming as I discovered when I started using it a few months ago and I’m not really sure I fully get it yet. My take-away so far is that people are enormously clever and seriously funny.   Recently, I started noticing TikToks by William White (@Whiteyy18) kept popping…

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Who is This TikToker Middle Aged Moms are Swooning Over?

Scrolling through TikTok can be enormously time consuming as I discovered when I started using it a few months ago and I’m not really sure I fully get it yet. My take-away so far is that people are enormously clever and seriously funny.   Recently, I started noticing TikToks by William White (@Whityy18) kept popping…

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How to Put Together the Most Complete First Aid Kit For Your Teen

A first aid kit is on every “dorm essentials” list and we recommend packing your own for a college-bound kid rather than buying a pre-made one off the shelf. This list, from a pharmacist and mom, has everything, and we mean EVERYTHING,  they’ll need. The pharmacist in me made up a First Aid Kit and…

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Here Are The Best 14 Dorm Ideas You Won’t Want to Forget

While you may have covered the basics, here are 14 dorm ideas you might not have thought of and will definitely want to consider buying for your soon-to-be freshman!  Note: We are a reader-supported site and receive compensation from purchases made through some of the links in this post. 14 best dorm ideas 1. Mattress…

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According to This College Senior Don’t Bring These 10 Things to College

Are you having difficulty knowing what to bring to college? This is often a stressful time for incoming freshmen, but here’s a list of things you might think you need for your dorm room, but you probably won’t use very often, if at all. It is super important to remember that dorm rooms are typically…

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How to Decorate Your Entire Dorm Room at Target (2021)

Target has always been a one-stop shop for all things college and here are the most-popular Target dorm essentials purchased by Grown and Flown parents. Before you go shopping for dorm decor or essentials at Target, be sure to install the Capital One Shopping browser add-on. It will compare prices at other retailers, including Amazon and Walmart,…

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Dorm Room Essentials List: 12 Things Every Freshman Needs for College

The good news is your kid is GOING to college. The bad news is your kid is LEAVING for college. There may be a long list of things they WANT to buy, but here is the short list of the things that every college student needs to bring with them – the real dorm essentials.…

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