Here's a 24–48 hour prep checklist for college students living in dorms or off‑campus to help them stay safe during the ...

A while back, I wrote about the trials and tribulations of being the mother of four boys and how I heard that there was a special place in heaven for such mothers. At that particular time in my life, ...

I spent the pandemic years as an Admissions Director at a large, urban community college. For nearly two years, we were fully remote and by most measures, we handled it well. My son tried college but ...

On an ordinary Monday evening this past June, after hanging my new bird feeder and chatting with me over dinner about nothing in particular, my husband died suddenly. We had been empty nesters for ...

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Parent groups are a great way for you to stay engaged with your child’s college community before and during their time on campus. It’s a surprisingly responsive place to ask questions that aren’t ...

This morning I realized we had reached the beginning of the end. While I knew this moment was coming, it came sooner than expected, and I was unprepared for it. It happened suddenly at 6:30 a.m. on ...

I gotta tell ya, vacations with adult children are freaking awesome. They blow trips with toddlers out of the water. Sure, the merriment in your three-year-old’s eyes as they met the real, live, ...

Our son was four when he picked up his first lacrosse stick. He stood before us, three-foot nothing, filled with a spirit of discernment and a laundry list of demands starting with his first helmet. I ...

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I can generally tell when our youngest child’s birthday is nearing by the battle between my husband and me regarding whether or not it’s time to turn on our heat. For some time now, on the dry-erase ...