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Harvard’s Making Caring Common Study Finds Teens and Young Adults Are Increasingly Lonely

Our teens and young adults are lonely and a new survey by Harvard’s Making Caring Common Project, reveals just how endemic the feeling of isolation is and how it has spread during the past year. Even before the social distancing that exacerbated feelings of being alone, young people have been more susceptible to loneliness than…

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How to Help Your Daughter Prepare for Her First Visit With a Gynecologist

To Moms (and Dad’s), Leaving your trusted pediatrician and seeing an obstetrician-gynecologist (OBGYN) is a major milestone in a teen’s life. Many pediatricians are comfortable and well-trained to see their young patients throughout adolescence and high school. If your pediatrician feels it’s time to pass the baton and send you to an OBGYN she/he can make…

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Ten Reasons Why Some Teens Behave Badly Before They Leave Home

Sometimes teens will lash out or behave badly during their second semester of high school senior year. But why is this? This should be one of the most exciting times in your child’s life. Ten reasons some teens “spoil the nest” 1. They are scared about the future One of the main reasons kids lash…

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Letter to My Second Teen: You Have a Better Version of Me

When you were born and weighed just a tad more than a bag of sugar, I lifted you up and fed you like, well, an expert because I was. At that point, I’d nursed your brother for a year so I was armed with the best nursing bras and plenty of lanolin. I didn’t worry…

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How One Mom Succeeded In Helping Her Teens Get Organized

We can love our teens with all our hearts and be mentally exhausted. The two aren’t mutually exclusive and we don’t need to feel bad about complaining, venting, or fantasizing about running away from home for a bit. It’s hard enough to get through everyday life without thinking about the big picture items like making…

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Former AP English Teacher: 5 Rules About Recommendation Letters

Now is the time that juniors should be thinking about recommendation letters. As a former AP English teacher, I’ve written scores of these letters, and I can tell you lots of ways NOT to ask for one. For example? In Naviance, a college planning tool used by many school systems, youcan designate which teacher you’d…

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Do Universities Actually Rescind Their Admissions Offers?

When colleges accept students the good news is often accompanied by a caveat. Welcome to our freshman class, we can’t wait to see you on campus, but don’t forget that we expect the rest of your senior year to show the same high level of work and admirable behavior that you displayed on your application.…

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Landing the Helicopter: 10 Ways I’ve Let My College Daughter “Adult”

The transition from battlefield mom to wave-and-smile-from-the-sidelines mom is not easy. I was all up in my kid’s business when they were in high school. I checked schoolwork, I proofed papers, I kept track of deadlines and nagged as needed. I coordinated activities and advised them on their extracurriculars. I kept a short leash and…

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How Parents Can Spend Quality Time With Their Teens

Not spending enough time with our teens is one of those things that can leave us feeling deprived. Now that my kids are older the tables have certainly flipped; my kids used to beg me to spend time with them and now I’m the one doing the begging. They look at me like I’ve lost…

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“Close Up That Computer Cause It’s a Snow, Snow, Snow Day,” Superintendent Sings to District

As online learning became the way for so many school districts this year, parents and students wondered if there would ever be a real snow day again. Would parents ever again tip toe into their children’s and teen’s rooms and tell them to roll over, go back to sleep that school virtual or real had…

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