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...
Tom Brady, Integrity and Kids: A Plea to the NFL
Here is what is worrying me. I watched as teachers in Atlanta were sentenced to jail for cheating that had impacted their students’ test scores. Bad on all levels. And, how ironic that those w...
In Defense Of Helicopter Parents
After years of hovering over their above-average offspring, helicopter parents let their kids go off to college. Kind of. Barbara, our guest contributor, reminisces about her helicopter parenting styl...
How Involved Should You (Parents) Be In The College Decision?
PARENT STORY I vowed that I was never going to be a helicopter parent. I told my daughter that it was up to her to decide where she wanted to go to college, to just let us know and as long as we could...
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...
When Should the College Process Begin?
When should the college process begin? Most of us would like to live in the fantasy that it doesn’t have to begin until your child is ready to take the SAT/ACT and discuss possible colleges he/s...