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I Started to Say Yes to My Kids This Summer and Here’s What Happened

Earlier this summer, as our state shattered another record for confirmed COVID-19 cases, I was explaining to my middle schooler why she wasn’t allowed to attend a neighborhood block party. “Sorry, the answer is no,” I said. “Cases are rising, and big groups are too risky right now.” “But Mom!” she pleaded. “I’ll use hand sanitizer. I’ll wear a mask.”…

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College President has 5 Pieces of Advice to the Class of 2024

Dear Class of 2024: Welcome to college. The next chapter of your education story will be very different from all those that came before. College will present you with a rich and expansive range of opportunities. The next few weeks and months will be full of firsts – some intriguing, some a bit daunting, and…

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New Study Says Social Media Use Does Not Raise Teen’s Risk of Depression

Parents struggling with concerns over their teens use of social media and screen time, especially during the pandemic, can feel some relief. According to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, daily social media use by adolescents does not raise the risk for depression. There was no compelling evidence that social media…

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12 Things We’ve Never Said at Drop Off Before That We Must Say This Year

Every year, right before college drop-off, we parents fret that we have forgotten to tell our kids the really important stuff. Well, because 2020 is different in a million ways, here are some things that you need to know for this year and we hope and pray, for this year alone. Kids, before you head…

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Senior Year: I Would Never Have Believed I Would Be Okay With This

“Can you send Skippy upstairs? I have to have my face camera on for Government and I want them to see him,” my 17-year-old daughter texts me from her makeshift classroom in her bedroom. I lure the dog with a Milkbone up the stairs and he happily jumps into his awaiting girl’s arms, eats his…

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My Son’s College Dealt a Crushing Blow, But I’m Doing What Moms Have Always Done

I blame the purchase of the XL twin sheets for setting off the COVID bomb that blew up my son’s college plans. We waited to make this symbolic purchase, not knowing whether his school would be online or in person. We hoped for the latter and were cautiously optimistic when he received his roommate assignment.…

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It’s the “Little Lasts” of Senior Year That Really Get to This Mom

A silly ol’ grilled cheese sandwich. That’s all it took to trigger all of the lasts of my son’s senior year. He’s seventeen and, after work and practice he was sitting in his room gaming with his friends. I knocked and opened his door and waited for him to turn off his microphone. (This has…

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“Teenager Therapy:” Why This New Podcast Series Has Teens Hooked

The podcast series, Teenager Therapy, has become a huge hit among teenagers. The podcast, featuring five rising seniors at Loara High School in Anaheim, California, openly discusses many of the issues that kids face during high school and while growing up. The group started the podcast in late 2018 and they describe it as “Five…

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Dear Mom of High School Freshman

Dear Mom of High School Freshman, It is hard not to feel, in those weeks leading up to the first day of freshman year, that you and your child have finally hit the big leagues. Because you have. High school is, in many ways, a break with everything that has gone before. Suddenly your child,…

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Teacher Offers Best Advice for High School Freshman

After reading Professor Offers Best Advice for College Freshmen, I decided to write my top ten list of advice for high school freshmen (and older kids getting ready to go back). I have taught high school for 15 years so just think of this list as some words of wisdom from a teacher who has…

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