My dog raised my kids as much as I did. If they have a family dog I tell them, “You’re lucky. There’s nothing better than a ...

It’s college visit season, and if your students meet with admissions officers or recruiters while on campuses, I wanted to share some questions that might help you gather valuable intel on campus life ...

Editor’s Note: Bestselling author, Jeff Selingo, sat down with Grown and Flown to discuss Five Things College Admissions Officers Look for and Three They Don’t. Applying and going to college is a ...

One thing I’ve realized as a mother to teens is that, back in our younger days, talking about some of the problems or hard times you experienced while you were a mother to younger kids, was a bonding ...

I would love to send my soon-to-be freshman son off to college with a fist full of good advice from me. But let’s be honest, it has been a little while since I was in college and there are those far ...

7. Right?? Sometimes I miss when they were like puppies, following me everywhere I went. Drove me crazy back then, but at least they wanted to hang out with me. 8. Ain’t that the truth!! 9. If your ...

I can generally tell when our youngest child’s birthday is nearing by the battle between my husband and me regarding whether or not it’s time to turn on our heat. For some time now, on the dry-erase ...

If there is anything I could tell the parents of teenagers right now, it would be this: It doesn’t matter. I am a mom of four, a college counselor for high school students, and a journalist who has ...

Last weekend, as my 14-year-old daughter was getting ready for her first homecoming dance, I could hear her upstairs talking and laughing with her older sister who was watching her curl her hair and ...

Your kid looks you in the eyes and insists he won’t drink at the party because he has to get up early for his SAT prep class. And yet once he gets there and all his friends are indulging after a long ...

“This can be an edge when applying to college,” I said to my daughter after her club coach remarked that if she gave playing one hundred percent, attended ID camps, contacted college coaches, and ...

Year after year young voters (18-29) cast ballots in lower numbers than their older counterparts. According to Sunshine Hillygus, a professor at Duke University, despite their high interest in civic ...