Career
Dropping a Kid Off at College: The First of Many Milestones
There is a meme that gets passed around about this time of year. It is a photo of a 3- or 4-year-old dragging a suitcase behind him as he walks down a hallway. The text usually says something about how we have this image in our head when we drop our 18- or...High School / College
Get Ready for National Decision Day on May 1
National Decision Day is May 1. Is your family ready to make the choice of which college your student will attend? While National Decision Day, which is May 1, may have unclear origins, it has definitely become hyped as the time to make a decision for what to do after...
Parenting / High School / College
Change for the Good: Prepare Yourself and Your Student for Their (Inevitable) Transitions
Ever discover something about your kid that you never noticed and feel like you have been asleep at the parenting wheel for 20 years? This happened to me recently when my oldest graduated from college and started looking for a “real, adult job.” She is a...
Empty Nesting / Parenting
The Best Ways to Empty Nest: Rediscovering Who You Are and Want to Be
Imagine for a moment. I am in one room practicing basic preguntas in Spanish aloud to myself. Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” plays, and I throw my weighted juggling sacks to the beat. Every few throws, one lands with a soft thumph on the wooden...Latest Posts
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