Category: Parenting

As a parent, I desperately wanted the transition to go smoothly for my kids. In my mind getting life back to normal meant creating a routine that included after school activities and finding immediate social experiences for my kids to make friends.

In this episode, admission experts—from both the high school and college sides of the desk—offer tips to help parents ensure their students remain the focus of the college admission process.

From a traumatic experience in my youth, I had to learn how to say “No”. This experience is now applied to teaching parents how to support their teenagers’ “No’s.”

In the wake of yet, more recent school shootings, including most recently at a K-12 school in Denver, Colorado and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, I wanted to provide insights from the perspective of a mother and college counselor.

When I look at the photo included on this blog post, I think of me as a mother and my deep desire to be with my kids every step of the way.