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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...
Most parents are waiting for their student to come to them. These questions change that dynamic [without the eye rolls].
Summer is the window most families don't use.
Not because they don't care. Be...
The most expensive asset most families ever purchase — and most parents are hoping for the best.
You'd Never Buy a House Without Insurance. So Why Are You Sending Your Student to College Without Insu...
You've done the hard part.
In Part 1, you stopped treating this semester like a verdict and started treating it like data. In Part 2, you had — or started to think about having — the conversation tha...
If you read Part 1, you already know that a rough semester isn't a verdict — it's data. Now, the question is whether you're reading it correctly.
But here's where most families run into trouble: the ...
The semester is almost over.
And somewhere between the final exams and the end-of-year scramble, most families will do one of two things: minimize what happened ("It wasn't that bad - they'll do...
