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As You Leave for College, Did I Remember to Tell You This?

Did I remember to tell you… It’s easy to get impatient when tea is steeping, but you’ll be glad you waited the full four minutes. Never skimp on moisturizer, laundry detergent, or shoes. There’s a difference between bad people and people who make bad decisions. Treat them accordingly. Eighteen years seemed like such a long…

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I’m Keeping My Teens Home and I’m Exhausted But Home They Will Stay

The school in our district recently came up with a plan for students in the fall: It’s optional to return to school and there will be online learning available with guidelines in place. Since I realized how serious this pandemic was I’ve said that my kids would stay at home when school starts up again…

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Professor Reveals Secret to Doing Well in Online Classes: Sit in the “Front Row”

I’m often asked for advice about helping students manage the new school formats that are coming in Fall 2020. I know why: As a professor of educational psychology and as an academic life coach, I do carry a few insights about what makes or breaks a student’s experience with online and/or hybrid courses. I’ve worked…

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Dear Parents of the Class of 2020: We Are Not Trying To Rush You

Dear 2020 Senior Parents, We are not trying to rush you along. We are the parents of the class of 2021, and as we open the door on our kids’ senior year, we promise: we’re not hurrying to close the door on yours. We understand that it might feel that way, though. We admit we’re…

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Dear Daughters, Here’s My Life and Laundry Checklist for You

Dear Daughters, Now you are both teenagers, looking at colleges and going to college, and talking about how you plan to decorate your first apartment. I hope I’ve done a good job preparing you for life on your own, but I know I’ve missed a lot. This isn’t going to make up for all those misses,…

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Is All the World a Stage When the Stages are Dark?

It’s old news by now isn’t it? This lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing, mask-wearing, hunting-for-disinfecting-wipes world we live in. We’ve all gotten to be experts at Zoom (something I didn’t know existed a year ago), we have preferred types of masks and we keep hand sanitizer in every room. We log into work, we learn how…

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College Lecturer and Mom Asks: Is College an Experience or a Box to Check?

Overshadowed by the health ramifications of reopening campuses this fall and the gloomy financial future of many colleges is a more student-focused question: Is college a box to check? Or an experience to be lived? That’s a decision thousands of students are struggling with right now. The undergraduate college experience lasts only four precious years…

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‘Twas the Night the WiFi Went Out All Through the House

‘Twas the night of the pandemic when all through the house not a child was stirring, not even my spouse. The laundry was hung on the banister with care, in hopes, a Fairy Godmother would take it upstairs. The children were mesmerized behind computers a glow while UV light danced of Minecraft and CSGO. And…

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According to This College Senior Don’t Bring These10 Things to College

Are you having difficulty knowing what to bring to college? This is often a stressful time for incoming freshmen, but here’s a list of things you might think you need for your dorm room, but you probably won’t use very often, if at all. It is super important to remember that dorm rooms are typically…

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I’m Sad That There Won’t Be Parents’ Weekend This Year

I cried when I found out Parents’ Weekend was cancelled this year. I completely understand the rationale behind this difficult decision. Of course a college can’t welcome hundreds of eager parents onto a campus they’ve worked so hard to safeguard for their students’ well-being. I am fully aware that each one of us, simply longing…

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