Former college president offers suggestions to help parents support their teens through the college admissions process.

Weekly college planning sessions with my son became lessons in deep listening and building trust during senior year of high school.

Adoption from China, divorce, and parenting adult children through illness. When a marriage ends but shared dream of building ...

Grandparents can help after a new baby arrives from meals to night shifts: practical guide to supporting new parents during postpartum weeks ...

A while back, I wrote about the trials and tribulations of being the mother of four boys and how I heard that there was a special place in heaven for such mothers. At that particular time in my life, ...

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Hearing those words from my son, a high school senior, was very jarring. He told me about a conversation with a friend’s moms. His friend’s younger brother was struggling with many of the same things ...

At the age of 55, I spend my days changing diapers, reading stories, and rocking the sweetest chubby baby to sleep. I am a stay-at-home grandmother, and I am one of a quiet number of middle-aged women ...

What do school grades measure? Are they a reflection of a student’s ability to memorize facts? Do they validate discipline and hard work? Why do so many people over emphasize them? Over the years, I ...

Grown and Flown was where I first saw the advice about how often to communicate with my college freshman. It was 2018, and we were just about to send the guinea pig off to a university three hours ...