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We can mirror gratitude for our high school and college students, showing them how to express appreciation even when life is ...

After years of loving the simplicity of apartments, I bought a single-family home, me on the top floor, “kids” renting the ...

Dartmouth professor's new book on college friendships is based on her twenty years of teaching and research on the topic.

I remember the afternoon I taught my daughter to ride her bicycle without training wheels, running alongside her with my fingers curled around the back of the seat to ensure she didn’t fall. I can ...

Sending your son a college care package of practical and fun things can be a nice surprise for him. (Shutterstock iaginzburg) As the parent of both a daughter and a son who are students, I can say ...

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Raising children involves preparing them for what’s to come. Practicing new routines and discussing unfamiliar and potentially challenging scenarios to reassure teens that the unknown isn’t totally ...

My son used to play every team sport he could. We were constantly running from activity to activity, and he loved it. He wasn’t afraid to try and do things, even if he wasn’t very good at it — he just ...

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A few weeks ago, I sat in the high school parking lot yelling at my son. The tears were coming hard and fast. I was filled with hopelessness, rage, and my heart hurt. I was about to tear my hair out; ...

Tonight my heart was crushed as my 17-year old daughter confessed to me she had cried not once but twice to two separate family members while we were together at a family birthday gathering. I was ...