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This Is Why I Keep On Knocking On My Daughter’s Door

I joked that the sound of shelter in place was the cocktail shaker at 5pm as my son – home from college – mixes margaritas. But I have realized the true sound is the knock on my daughter’s door as I check to see if she is okay. My teenager spends a lot of time…

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How I Became More Productive Working From Home: 4 Tips

These days have more people working from home than ever. Not only is it a whole new world to many–we are used to having a schedule which involves getting ready, having a commute, stopping for a coffee, and a time when we are supposed to report to work and we know exactly what’s expected of…

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A Teacher Pays It Forward and Tells Us the Inspirational Story Through His TikTok

For everyone who knows that teachers are unsung heroes, even in normal times, this is a story for you. And, for everyone who has resisted jumping feet first into the endless world of TikTok, this is also a story for you.  Earlier this week, Tim, a teacher who goes by the handle @milkisoda, posted a…

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Here’s What Parents Are Telling Us About Their Students Going to College Next Fall

None of us know exactly what the fall will bring. Of course we would all love our teens to return to their colleges and continue learning on campus, with their classmates, and their sports and clubs and all of the myriad things they do at school. Colleges are trying mightily to figure things out, but…

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They Said, “Leave the College Packing to Your Son.” How That Worked Out

Let’s leapfrog over the current situation and consider the future for a moment. College. Packing. Something to get excited about? Our high school graduates are young adults and officially independent in the eyes of society. In most cases, the graduates feel that they are now independent, as they prepare us for the inevitable, “You know,…

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I Learned That the “Step” in Step-Siblings and Parents is Step-Up, Not Step-Away

During a time when we are all stuck at home, family is more important than ever, which got me thinking about how my own family has grown and changed. When I was younger, in elementary school, students used to have to draw pictures of their families. Everyone around me would take out their crayons and…

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Helping My Already Anxious Daughter Through These Times

My oldest child, Allison, was the kid who said she wanted to play soccer, but then made me stay within eyesight at the field, who was excited about going to birthday parties, but made me walk her in and then stay with her until she told me it was ok to go. Now in her…

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For One Mom and Daughter, Match Day is a Perfect Match

Parenting often feels like a journey we take together with our children. For one amazing mom and daughter, this feeling has taken on a whole new meaning, literally. In May, Cynthia Kudji and her daughter, Jasmine Kudji, both graduated from medical school and became doctors. That is a special and meaningful accomplishment in and of…

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How Quarantine and the AP Exam Failed My Student

Two weeks ago, my daughter’s AP Calculus AB exam looked like it was over before it had begun. Sarah had barely cracked a textbook since school shut down on March 16th. Her public school calculus class wasn’t meeting on Zoom, so there wasn’t an imperative to show up at her computer screen on time. Sometimes,…

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Twenty Creative Ways to Celebrate Your 2020 Grad

Ask any high school or college senior how they’re feeling lately and rather than lean on the oft- quoted words by Charles Dickens from their AP Literature classes about the best and worst of times, their mumbled answers which rhyme with grad are closer to this year’s version of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go!…

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