High School Senior at Home? Why You Need to Dote on Them

Do you have a high school senior at home? This letter is for you.

Dear Mom of a High School Senior,

If you’re feeling the need to spoil your child a little this year—a need to go out of your way to help them and hang out with them and do sweet things for them a little more than usual—I’m here to tell you to go for it. This year will go by quickly, and you will not regret making it all (or at least largely) about your child.

When my oldest child, Jack, was a high school senior a few years ago...