Thinking back to a time when I had just returned from a fabulous mother/daughter sorority weekend with my daughter at her college. I was glad to see her thriving with terrific frien...
10 Talks To Have With Your Child As They Transition To College
Self-doubt and insecurity are normal experiences but newly minted high school graduates seem to lack confidence in both themselves and their ability to succeed. I believe this stems from ...
How To Apply To College: A Mother’s Advice
Being a mother with a child going through the college process is a little like childbirth — while it’s happening it’s soo painful, but when it’s over you look back and think it wasn’t that bad (but it...
College Move-In Day: What Parents Need to Know
Let’s talk College Move-In Day… At the beginning of each school year, hundreds of thousands of college students descend upon cities and towns all around the country. They and thei...
The Decline of Student Mental Health and What Parents Can Do About It
An increasing number of high school and college students in the U.S. are struggling with mental health challenges. The media is filled with articles about students experiencing high levels...
3 Tips for Helping Your College Student Move for the First Time
For many young people, their first moving experience occurs when they leave for college. Lots of schools require that incoming freshmen live in the dorms. If your son or daughter plans to atten...
What to Do When You’ve Been Rejected from Your Dream School
The college application process is something that we only have to go through once…if we are lucky. It can be exhausting, defeating, and upsetting. However, college is an investment. An investme...
What I Have In Common With Lori Loughlin & Felicity Huffman
For the last three consecutive years, it’s essentially been my full time job to help get my oldest four kids accepted into the best colleges we can afford. Which is a bigger task than most people woul...
Why Taking a Gap Year Could Be A Senior’s Best Next Decision
…Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost There has been a dramatic ri...
Yes, Average Students Do Succeed in College
“Average Students Do Succeed in College” is a rarely seen, though quite accurate, headline. In the midst of college admission mania and the hype surrounding Top Name Colleges, it is easy to see...