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10 Best Graduation Book Ideas: Favorites and New Releases (2021)

If you’re thinking of ways to celebrate the accomplishments of your graduate, consider one of these books as a congratulatory send off to college or the real world. Most importantly, don’t forget to take the time to add a few lines of love of your own. Please note: We are a reader-supported site and receive compensation from…

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Auditory Processing Disorder: My Son’s Unexpected Diagnosis as a Senior

I should be an empty nester.  A little more than a year ago I envisioned missing my teenage son but also enjoying an array of selfish pursuits after he graduated high school. I’d work from home (uninterrupted), exercise and do more yoga, eat cereal for dinner (or skip the meal entirely), see friends, and travel…

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Dormify: Our 15 Top Picks for Dorm Rooms (2021)

Dorm shopping was one of my favorite parts of preparing for college. Having a dorm room that feels like home is so important and it alleviates a lot of the stress of moving into college when you have everything figured out in advance. Enter Dormify, an online decorating and shopping destination where teens can design…

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Seven Reasons Your Teen Should Consider Dual Enrollment Courses

Dual Enrollment courses have been offered for well over a decade in many states. I’m a big believer not only because I graduated high school with 18 units of dual credit back in 2006, but also because of research that shows how it can help students earn a college degree. Studies suggest that taking college…

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Physician and Mom: How to Stay Close as a Family Over Time

Once upon a time, long, long ago, all of our children, my husband and I lived under the same, familiar roof. As we knew they must (and leaving me with conflicted feelings of sadness for myself and excitement for my children), they have begun to forge their own adult paths, one leaping off the branch…

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I Found Solace From the Pandemic In My Own Kitchen

I don’t fancy myself much of a cook. More like a utilitarian mealtime facilitator. I can throw together enough calories to satisfy my crew, but it often subsists of frozen ravioli or dehydrated mashed potatoes. Cereal. String cheese. PB&J. My standard grocery list is packed with ready-made crutches to keep our bellies quiet. Or at…

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What a 16-Year-Old on Our Flight Taught Us About Being Vulnerable

Lisa and I had to get on a flight unexpectedly this weekend to visit someone we love. And yesterday, we flew home. As we took off and got up over Dallas, we were pin-balling around in some terrible turbulence. The kind that makes you close your eyes, collapse into yourself, and get really quiet; the…

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My Son Is 15 and I Wonder, How Did We Get Here So Quickly?

15 1/2 years. How did we get here so fast? Yesterday I watched my teenager play high school football for the first time.Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was holding the newborn version of him in my arms and introducing him to the world? Back then he was just a delicate little creature and I…

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Spring Break in the ’80s Versus My Daughter’s Spring Break 2021

I barely waved goodbye to my dad as I jumped out of his four-door Buick LeSabre at Detroit Metro Airport, my three best friends running alongside me. We reached into the sedan’s trunk (that my dad rushed to open with the very same key that he used to start the car) for our suitcases (that…

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It’s Lonely Parenting a Depressed Teen and Moms Need Support

It’s such a lonely journey being the mom of a teen who struggles with depression. I’m in a pandemic texting group of 3 other moms, but the talk is mostly about dual enrollment, AP classes, field hockey recruitment, and soccer. My son has a spectacular IQ and recruitable athletic talents, but with mental illness now…

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