College kids coming home can be wonderful and chaotic. Five tips to help parents relax, reconnect, and truly enjoy homecomings.

Junior year college admissions guide with expert insights on balanced college lists, testing, financial aid, transcripts, ...

My husband and I refer to our firstborn as our “learner child”: we figure some things out on her and make (slightly) fewer mistakes with her younger sister. Here are practical tips you didn’t know you ...

Ashleigh Spurgeon is a writer and mother of two daughters navigating the in-between years of childhood and adolescence. Her essays on parenting, family life, and the small moments that shape us have ...

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The other day, I was text-talking to my college freshman when she was in between classes. She was using the time to look for shoe boots online and was sending me pictures to get my feedback. My mom ...

Raising a tween is living between two worlds; reflection on in-between years, where childhood and adolescence overlap in surprising ways.

Molly Williams is a former financial journalist at Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal whose work has appeared in many national and regional publications. She raised four children who are now ...

Before my sons left for college, I thought they needed advice. Looking back, they needed 3 simple words to guide them: Yes, No, and Maybe.