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The moment my father died was one of those indelible moments, the kind that stays with you. What I knew at that moment was emotional pain so searing that it doubled me over with its intensity and then ...

Editor’s note: In college, it took me three semesters to outgrow my awful study habits from high school, and I had to do it the hard way. Here are some tips from a Yale alum on his way to a Ph.D. on ...

Louise is a freelance writer from Toronto, Canada. Her work has appeared in several national publications, where she focuses on family, parenting and lifestyle stories. You can find her work in The ...

After the emotional blur of freshman year, we felt confident as we prepared for my daughter, Emily’s, sophomore year drop-off. We never anticipated that she would experience roommate issues as a ...

To psychologists, anxiety is an evolutionary gift that keeps teenagers safe by alerting them to threats. For example, having a burst of anxiety when a nearby driver swerves into a teen’s lane will ...

Graduation is more than just a ceremony; it’s the culmination of hard work, dreams, and the threshold of a new beginning for our young adults. We want to offer hope and encouragement and let our ...

With two sons out of the house and a daughter in high school, my husband and I find ourselves in an “almost empty nest.” The transition has been gradual – which is helpful emotionally but can be ...

In a few months, a new group of freshly minted college graduates will enter the workforce. When these students graduate, they will have spent the last three semesters of their college careers ...

Editor’s note: We are so proud of all of this year’s graduates, and we loved this list of ways to embrace your first year of college. So, caps off to all the graduates, and we can’t wait to see what ...

Lisa (Endlich) Heffernan is the co-founder of Grown and Flown, the #1 site for parents of teens, college students and young adults, reaching millions of parents every month. Lisa is a New York Times ...

Hindsight is 20/20 and it’s easy to look back and think about what, if given the chance, we parents would have done differently. That is generally true of life but never is it more true than in ...