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Ben Platt and the Dear Evan Hansen Cast Sing “You Will Be Found” and It’s Remarkable

In case you missed this, you really need to watch this. Ben Platt joined the touring cast of the show Dear Evan Hansen to sing You Will Be Found on James Cordens Homefest. Start 2:21 minutes into the video if you want to see the performance and prepare to be blown away. I have to

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This Is the Funniest and Most Talented Family on the Internet

If at any moment you think your family can sing a cute tune together, that you harmonize well or even know a few catchy lyrics, well sit down for a moment and watch this. Ben Marsh, a Senior Lecturer in American History at University of Kent and his wife, Danielle Marsh, a former history teacher, gathered

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This is the Funniest and Most Talented Family on the Internet

If at any moment you think your family can sing a cute tune together, that you harmonize well or even know a few catchy lyrics, well sit down for a moment and watch this. Ben Marsh, a Senior Lecturer in American History at University of Kent and his wife, Danielle Marsh, a former history teacher, gathered

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When You Realize Helping Your Teens Will Hurt Them in the Long Run

My daughter took some silly bands from our neighbor when she was in the first grade. She came home with her arm even more loaded than it was when she left the house, and I knew something was up. Her eyes turned to saucers after I asked her if they were all hers or if

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It’s Hard to Find the Right Thing to Say So I’ll Just Say “I’m So Sorry”

While she was home over spring break, my college junior had to take an oral typhoid vaccine in preparation for a cross-cultural trip to Ecuador at the end of this semester. The medicine made her hurt stomach hurt horribly, but it was 100% WORTH IT, becauseEcuador. Where shed be climbing mountains and zip-lining and storing

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The New Normal Is Very Strange But This is How It Is Now

This is how it is now. Our entire world is our home. We rise each day with an alarm, shower and dress to give ourselves the air of normalcy, of routine. We eat breakfast and head to work or to class.  Each of us off to our claimed space basement office, dining room table, bedroom desk we

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“Present Over Perfect” Needs to Be Our Mantra Right Now

I hardly recognize life right now, do you? Empty school playgrounds, empty shopping centers, empty stadiums, empty college campuses, and even empty toilet paper shelves are our new normal, and this upside down world that now has 40-somethings yelling at their boomer parents to not go out, has me completely flummoxed.  Also, what day is

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As a First Gen Student, I’ve Always Dreamed of the Day My Parents Would Watch Me Graduate

For as long as I can remember, all Ive ever dreamed about was going to college. By accomplishing this, I would make my parents proud, be able to study what I love, make friends I would remember forever, and maybe change the world someday. I have long dreamed of graduating from college Im a first

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What Happened After I Stopped Letting My Teens Have Their Phones In Their Rooms at Night

It used to be a hard rule: No phones or other devices in my kids rooms or in the bathroom, ever. Theres no need to be behind closed doors when youre twelve and have access to that kind of world. Also, Ive never quite trusted my kids hygiene habits so not having them in the bathroom

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We Are Pretty Sure This Should Be the Anthem for the Class of ’20

These gorgeous voices were supposed to be on a single stage together. Instead, the choir from Rolling Meadows High school in Rolling Meadows, IL found a way to unite and share West Side Story with us. They featured this song was because it is their hope that one day they will live in a world

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