Over the years, I have received panicked calls and inquiries from friends who are parents of high school seniors. They are preparing to send their child, often their first, off to college, and maybe ...

People think of learning as something that happens primarily in the classroom. Still, our teens learn how to “adult” by watching and being with us while we do our errands and by taking note of how we ...

Your teen is away at college, sometimes in the same city as home, often times in another state, and occasionally in another country. Regardless of whether they are 10 miles or 10,000 miles away, we ...

I had a year and 11 months between when our daughter got engaged on our patio — with both families peering out the sunroom windows — and the beautiful May afternoon she married. Plenty of time, I ...

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Let me start with an observation. The college search process has changed significantly over the last decade as the general economy has shifted. For many families, selecting a college is among their ...

When our eldest son went to college, I shared thoughts about how to thrive in his first year and beyond. I struggled through college. Sure, it was a challenge academically, but more than that, I ...

As my daughter began her college search we soon found ourselves drowning in information. Sure, there were plenty of public lists and rankings on social media, but when it came to what she actually ...

My career as a clinical psychologist has afforded me the opportunity to learn so much about the vast landscape of human experiences. Many are things that I, too, have dealt with. Things like anxiety, ...

I am often stymied by how to get my teens to behave in the ways I would like them to. I talk to them incessantly about healthy behaviors, but it often feels like the messages I’m trying to convey ...