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What College Students are Doing to Remain Safe and See Their Friends

Being a college student during a global pandemic is something that none of us ever expected. College is already a stressful time, as we navigate through living away from home for the first time, taking difficult classes, making new friends, and dealing with time management issues. Now, many students’ classes are fully online which makes…

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My Teens Need Mental Health Days More Than Ever Now

My kids are only in their third week of school and things are going well. I told them that they need to start the year off strong, keep up, and ask lots of questions when they don’t know something. This year has been different from the end of last year and it is obviously different…

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Amazon Prime Day 2020: College and High School Deals

Amazon Prime Day begins on Tuesday, October 13, at 3AM ET and it will definitely be a great time to buy things you’ve had your eye or for yourself as well as jumpstart your holiday shopping.  For those of you who don’t know, this is a site-wide sales event for Amazon Prime members only. If…

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My Son’s a Senior in High School, He’s Almost Completely Tuned Out

Over the summer I had a few discussions with my son about what he wanted to do for the upcoming year. I really wanted him to stay at home. I felt like the risk might be too high, but I also know that I tend to be really anxious when it comes to my kids…

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My Daughter is 18: Here are10 Things I Hope She Takes into Adulthood

Eight years ago I wrote a letter to my daughter as she turned 10.  I listed 10 things I wanted her to know.  Now, in what feels like the blink of an eye (life’s biggest cliché is also its deepest truth, I’ve found: time flies) she is staring down 18 and I am thinking about…

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Varsity Blues Admissions Scandal: 4 Takeaways To Guide Your Teen’s College Search

We know how scary the college admissions process can be, for both the applicant and his or her parents. But having spent the past year and a half covering the Varsity Blues college admissions cheating scandal, we also know that getting too caught up in the drama of who’s getting in where, and focusing too…

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Holiday 2020: Secret Santa Gifts Under $15 That Teens Will Love

Even though I try to start my shopping early, inevitably, I’m trolling the aisles of Target on December 24th, looking for Secret Santa gifts, stocking stuffers and the last-minute presents that I know my teens would love (read: the gifts I didn’t know they wanted until they said something on December 23.) All of these…

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2020 Holiday Gift Guide: 25 Ideas Under $25 for Teens and College Kids

Looking for inspiration for less expensive presents for a teen or college kid? Take a look at our Holiday Gift Guide, all at a price point that won’t break the bank. Nothing here is over $25. Note: We are a readers-supported site and receive a small amount of compensation from purchases made through some of the…

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My Son Applied to Colleges Alone: A Cautionary Tale

This, my friends, is a cautionary tale. I share it with the intent of helping others survive circumstances that I swore some days would be my undoing.  I suffered in silence for the better part of a year because, you see, I let my son take charge of the entire college application process. And it…

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The “Lovestorm” Way to Write a Unique and Powerful Common App Essay

When it comes to generating a topic for the college-application Common-App essay, my family has shamelessly reinvented the wheel. And the wheel is brainstorming, but I swear this is better: it’s brainstorming, but with total, gushing love. Because if your child ever needed a boost, it’s now—a hand up, out of the dank, snake-filled pit…

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