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5 Things NOT to Get Stressed About During Senior Year

It’s all so completely overwhelming. There you are, just cruising through the high school years, when BAM! You get a letter from the school’s “senior picture photography studio” over the summer with the date for your child’s SENIOR PICTURE. What? A senior picture? But I don’t have a senior yet! Oh, but you do. Because…

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My Daughter With Autism Helps Me Understand My Son’s Leaving

This summer, a friend asked if Erin understood that her brother was leaving for college. Erin, who has autism, is the oldest of our four children. She’s grown accustomed to the comings and goings of her three brothers. COVID conditioned us to endure long absences, but this has thrown us both for a loop. Raising a…

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My Son Is on the Brink of Adulthood, Have We Done Enough?

Right before my older son headed to college, I started repeating myself. Even I could tell it was annoying, but I couldn’t stop.  I told him to go to office hours, to get involved in extracurriculars, and not to skip classes as I did after finding a boyfriend freshman year. I urged him to be…

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Halloween Care Package Ideas for Your College Student

When my daughter went to college, and I was faced with an entire calendar year of holidays she’d miss out on, I knew there was only one solution: I’d have to get the holiday to her. Sending your college student a quick, surprise care package box with a few random snacks, or mailing an actual…

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‘The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions:’ New Book for Parents

At every stage of raising a child, we parents ask ourselves, “What will be best for my child?”  When it comes to their schooling, and according to our financial resources, we spend a lot of time considering their educational options: we evaluate the school district we reside in; we may weigh the pros and cons…

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Four Steps to Surviving and Thriving In the Empty Nest

Your youngest child is off to college. You’ve gone from the frenetic energy of planning, purchasing, and decorating to the disquieting emptiness of your childless home: no mess, no dirty laundry, no friends showing up announced and emptying your fridge. You’re miserable. There’s also an onslaught of emotions that come with the reality that you…

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7 Mistakes Smart Parents Make in the College Search Process

This is not to say you are doing a bad job, and this is by no means a criticism. I want you to recognize these potholes and pitfalls because you might not see that you are even about to make a misstep — until it happens. 7 mistakes smart parents make time and time again…

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This Is Why You Should Let Teens Have Lots of Down Time

If you are a parent of a teenager, you know all too well the transition that happens; they go from running circles around you to sleeping until noon and napping throughout the day. Small tasks like taking out the garbage or wiping the counter after they’ve destroyed the kitchen to make a sandwich feels like…

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The Final Out Is the End of a Game and an Era

When the final out was called at Cooperstown All Star Village, it was not just the end of the game, but the end of a family era. On the final day of a week-long tournament, my son’s team was down by one run in the bottom of the ninth. There were two outs and two boys…

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Don’t Freak Out if Your Get One of These 5 Calls From Your College Kid

Your teen has just started college. You are excited. You are anxious. You may be a little sad. You may think that once you’ve survived drop-off day, the worst is over, and your near-panic attacks will begin to fade away. Not so fast. Five classic college freshmen calls I do not relish being the bearer…

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