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26 Things Your Teen Needs to Know to be Successful in Life

I spent much of my career in management – hiring young people, training them and, in some cases, wondering how they managed to get through a year of college and the Starbucks drive-thru. I have to say, working with people in their 20’s did more to guide my parenting than anything I learned from parenting…

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When Did I Become “That Mom?”

You look tired and overwhelmed and miserable. You’re standing in front of me at the airport on a long line of people waiting to order food and drink. The baby in the stroller is flinging herself backward because she has clearly been wronged in some visceral, gut-wrenching way or maybe just because she wants to…

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Is Starting College With a Ton of AP and Dual Enrollment Credit Hours Really a Good Thing?

If you surveyed the average high school senior right now, and asked them how many college credits they’ve earned already, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who answers “zero.” As a matter of fact, you’d probably be quite surprised to hear many students brag about having 12, 18, even 30 college credit hours already…

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Best Ideas for College Graduation Gifts for 2021 Grads

College graduation is one of life’s happiest and most exciting milestones, but possibly one of the hardest to find an appropriate gift. The gifts we get our young adults and their friends will vary according to the kids themselves, but rest assured here are things that everyone would be thrilled to receive. As you shop…

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Best 2021 Graduation Gifts For Your Teen’s Friends: 23 Great Ideas

Graduation gifts are some of the toughest gifts to pick out, especially when you’re buying for your teen’s friends who have become almost as dear to us as our own kids. We asked our seasoned moms what they love to give their kids’ friends and here are some of their answers. Some of these gifts…

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I Don’t Care Where My Kids Go to College, Neither Should You

I truly don’t care where my kids go to college. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. But it is. Many parents are fanatical about where their children end up. They might not admit it, but they are. They fantasize about putting the prestigious university sticker on the back of the car.  It’s not just about…

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How to Help Your Teens Manage Stress as We Begin to Return to Normal

If you are a parent of a teen, I know you had a lot of questions about how the stress of this past year is going to affect them going forward. My three teens all adjusted and readjusted back into a more “normal” life” differently. Their different reactions were hard to keep up with and…

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Here are Our Best Tips for Graduation Party Decorations, Food and More

We asked our community of parents for some of their best ideas for graduation party decorations and they gave us this treasure trove of tips. From deciding on a color scheme to what refreshments to serve, these super-creative ideas can be scaled for small gatherings or enormous, multi-family open house parties with large guest lists.…

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Six Alternatives to an Over-the-Top, Expensive Graduation Party

I’m trying to remember how we marked the occasion of my high school graduation, and I can’t. Maybe it’s because there wasn’t a big, overblown celebration, but more realistically it’s because it was over 30 years ago. Either way, I’m drawing a blank. Because I’m not talking about the perfectly lovely little low key inexpensive…

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Best Graduation Party Ideas 2021: How to Celebrate [step-by-step]

Are you the parent of a soon-to-be high school graduate? High School graduation is so much more than a ceremonial walk across a stage. This is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime event that deserves a celebration. Grown and Flown’s Parents Facebook Group is full of generous and creative parents who helped us crowdsource amazing high school…

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