There are many life skills that your teen needs before heading off to college. Financial literacy is arguably the most important of all of those skills that we need to teach them. A study done ...
Advice For College Freshmen, Adjusting Takes Time
It’s the end of April and I’ve just returned from a fabulous mother/daughter sorority weekend with my daughter at her college. I’m so glad to see her thriving with terrific friends, ...
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 the destruct...
Be Open To Your 2nd And 3rd Choice Colleges
My daughter has played soccer since she was three and loves soccer, but she has a rare medical condition that sometimes gets in the way of participating in athletics. Despite her medical issues, she c...
A Mom of A Graduating Senior Pays It Forward
We can almost see the end. The college application and admissions season is ebbing into its final stage. Students are being notified of college decisions – early decision students already know where t...
Holiday Gifts For Hungry Teens & College Students
Whether you’ve got a college kid who loves to cook food or just eat it, we think this list of food-centric gifts will appeal to all the gastronomy fans on your holiday list this year. Looking t...
Holiday Gift Guide: 17 Ideas For High School And College Students
No one ever wants to be thought of as “the giver of boring gifts,” so check out the selection of gift ideas we’ve put together for teens and college kids. We think it will automatic...
Holiday Tech Gifts for College Kids and Teens – 12 Products They’ll Love
The holiday season is just a few weeks away, and depending upon what stage of the college admissions process you and your child are in, the thought of dealing with holiday shopping can potentia...
5 Things To Say When Your Child Doesn’t Make the Cut
Since many of your kids are in the thick of this, we need to have a good conversation about it sooner rather than later. I’m talking about one of the most stressful aspects of going back to or s...
A Present To Your Child? The Gift Of Failure.
On one of the pages of the program I compiled for my son’s Bar Mitzvah, many years ago, was a poem entitled, “ Children Are Like Kites.” The message took the rough edges of parenting and smoothed them...