I made his struggles about me and how I needed my colleagues to see me - someone who had it together, could do it all and ...

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We just dropped our oldest off for freshman year of college. A day we have planned and planned for. The move-in could not have gone smoother. He is happy. His roommates are great. He is a ...

You might think that since I’m a dean of admissions at a university, that my kids’ experience of applying to college would have been friction free. No. Teenage development includes a predictable ...

My husband and I recently spent the day together to celebrate my birthday while our kids were in school. I wanted a quietly-adult day-a breakfast at my favorite sunny spot lingering over coffee I didn ...

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 ...

As a parenting coach with three children, I’ve come to realize it’s up to me to honor myself. Years ago, I started telling my family what I wanted for Mother’s Day to avoid (the multiple years of) ...

Dear Daughter, On your 18th birthday, I wrote you a love letter that contained all the most important life lessons I knew at the time. Five years later, we have both grown and learned, sometimes the ...

Decorating a dorm room can be challenging. You have limited space, roommates to contend with, and (of course) a budget to stick to. Once you have the essentials, it’s time for the big stuff — ...

My children (ages 19 and 21) get to make their own decisions—as long as I agree with them. Yes, I said it, and I’m not proud of it. I never intended to be the pushy mom stifling my children’s ...

My oldest daughter leaves for college this fall. It’s taken me every bit of her 17 years to finally be at peace with being a stay-at-home mom. It’s hard to type those words and even harder to read ...