What parents don’t always think about are invisible skills that, for many teens, matter more than any "college essential" ...

December brings talk of college football playoffs and the start of basketball season. The Thanksgiving holiday might have included a visit home from your college student, and that can be a terrific ...

Here are our gift lists for parents shopping for teens and college students. We hope you find just what you are looking for to make this holiday season a little brighter for your son or daughter.

I did not let my sons make a college decision alone. I just didn’t. When they knew their options, I did not throw up my hands and say, “It is your life, it is your four years, it is your decision. I ...

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The wait is over. Our college students are home for the holidays. I’ve grown accustomed to empty nesting, faster than I’d ever anticipated, but I still looked forward to shoes cluttering the hallway ...

If you sent a baby off to college a couple months ago, there’s a good chance right about now that you’re over the moon with the fact that the holidays and winter break are right around the corner. You ...

When my kids entered their tweens, I felt the holiday joy swirling down the drain. After spending most of the year in their rooms, I hoped the decorating, baking, and Christmas movie marathons would ...

It’s spring of senior year, and your daughter has received great news. “Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that….” She breaks into a huge smile, followed by tears of joy as she learns she ...

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The teenage brain is not just an adult brain with fewer miles on it,” says Frances E. Jensen, a professor of neurology. “It’s a paradoxical time of development. These are people with very sharp brains ...

It may be hard to fathom, but your high school identity is not necessarily the one you will carry with you for the rest of your days. More than likely, you will be changing quite a bit in the next few ...