Here's a 24–48 hour prep checklist for college students living in dorms or off‑campus to help them stay safe during the ...

After my husband died suddenly, I found myself grieving a marriage and the future we were just beginning as empty nesters.

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I spent the pandemic years as an Admissions Director at a large, urban community college. For nearly two years, we were fully remote and by most measures, we handled it well. My son tried college but ...

I gotta tell ya, vacations with adult children are freaking awesome. They blow trips with toddlers out of the water. Sure, the merriment in your three-year-old’s eyes as they met the real, live, ...

Dove gray, damp and dull, the sky seems directly connected to my emotions on a dreary Sunday morning. I open a window desperately gasping for a breath of fresh air, but I am met with the musty scent ...

I remember the afternoon I taught my daughter to ride her bicycle without training wheels, running alongside her with my fingers curled around the back of the seat to ensure she didn’t fall. I can ...

Here I sit in the family room, where at one time giggles and fun buzzed through the air. Toys would litter the floor and my main concern would be not to step on a Lego. Cares were simple and hurts ...

On the heels of returning to Minneapolis to be closer to my adult children after several years caring for my mom in Florida, my 27-year-old son said, “We should live together again.” I assumed he was ...

As a college counselor for more than 35 years—and a mom with three kids currently in college (two graduating this month!)—I’ve spent a large part of my life walking alongside teens and young adults as ...