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Tips and inspiration to get organized and study smart for your BEST SEMESTER EVER!
Last week I talked about why it's normal for your student's first two weeks to look quiet. Not much homework yet, a lot of activity fairs, plenty of "nothing's really started."
That's still true. But...
Over the next three weeks, a lot of parents will notice the same thing and not say it out loud.
Your student moves in. Classes start. And as far as you can tell, they're not really doing anything aca...
I see two parents come through advising season, every year, without fail.
The first calls in a panic. Grades just posted, and something's wrong. She's Googling what a withdrawal deadline means at 11p...
One parent. Two children. Two very different college experiences.
With her daughter, she believed that giving space meant waiting for her daughter to bring problems to her. Two years later, the trans...
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(And Who You Get to Become With Them)
Fresh-start energy fades by week three every year. Here's what actually builds the student, and the parent, you're picturing this fall.
Picture your student i...
August is going to get here fast. It always does. In two weeks, you've only go 3 days of July left. And once August gets here, it's all about the packing, the moving, the fresh start.
Here's the que...
It's a Tuesday night. 10 o'clock. Three weeks into the semester.
For one student, the evening is winding down. They know what's due tomorrow, they've already mapped the week ahead, and they're closin...
Your student has had coaches their whole life.
A soccer coach who corrected their footwork. A piano teacher who drilled scales until they were automatic. Maybe a strength coach, a voice coach, an SAT...
The summer is going to get away from you quickly. It goes by fast no matter what.
You know this already. It's why, somewhere underneath the pool days and the part-time job and the last summer before ...
Parents spend months comparing tuition costs, financial aid packages, and dorm room options. Almost none of them budget for the one thing that actually determines whether the investment pays off.
M...
Every year I watch the same arc play out.
Students leave for college in August with their whole family's hope packed into a car. Orientation week is exciting. The dorm is smaller than expected but it...
