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Beyond the Ivy
I live in a highly competitive town; the kind of town that is populated by over-educated, type-A parents who breed over-educated, highly competitive, type-A kids. Why, you may ask, do I live here?...
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Go Away*
“I can’t wait to go to college!” my 17-year-old proclaimed. Finally, I thought. I was so excited that I completely ignored the fact that he finished the sentence with: “…so I can get away from YOU!”...
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Nightmare on Oak Street
Halloween is full of frightening possibilities: haunted houses, slasher movies, costumes dripping with fake blood. But, nothing is as scary as dealing with the college applications process. It’s enough...
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Dear College Admissions Officers
Dear College Admissions Officers- Don’t worry, I’m not trying to make a plea for my kid to get into your school. I am submitting an application for you to complete for my consideration of your school....
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A Different Angle
Today was the last full day of high school for my oldest son. Yesterday was the last Wednesday and tomorrow will be the last time he sets foot in the school as a student. I’ve been doing this morbid...
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Yet Another Thing I Will Miss When My Kid Goes to College
We are less than a month away from the day that we leave our older son behind at college and head home to a slightly emptier house. In order to avoid thinking about that for too long, I have been...
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I’m Fragile, But At Least I’m Organized
This is an emotional time in our house: our oldest is leaving for college and our youngest is starting high school. I feel like I have no control over the events that are unfolding and I’m not ready....
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The New Normal
It’s been over a week since my son left for college and I still close his bedroom door every night and open it in the morning. It’s a bad habit I started when my oldest had his first sleepover at a...
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A Letter To My Son On the Eve Of His College Fall Break
Dear Son – It has been almost two months since you left for college (well, actually, 52 days but who’s counting) and tomorrow you are coming home for your fall break! I’m so excited! And, a little...
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Don’t Tell Me How To Do College!
“Don’t Tell Me How To Do College!” my 18-year-old son snapped the other day. What?! That’s ridiculous! I thought. I’m not telling him how to do anything. I’m merely making suggestions. (Insistent...
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A Holiday Miracle
The Thanksgiving season is usually not considered the time of miracles and yet something miraculous happened yesterday. Not the miracle of weeping icons or spontaneous healing, mind you, but miraculous...
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When I Grow Up I Want To Be…
When you were little did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? I mean really know? And, more importantly, is that what you became? I wanted to be, among other things, an investigative...
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How To Survive Summer Vacation With Your College Kid
Nine months ago I wrote about how my oldest son was off to college and I worried about how I was going to adjust. I was so sad and so convinced that I would never grow accustomed to setting the table...
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Get A Job!
I was driving my younger son and his friend to soccer practice when they both started lamenting how busy they are this summer. My son’s friend is starting driver’s education as soon as soccer ends...
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Top Five Things That I Miss About College
I just spent family weekend at my oldest son’s college and boy, did I notice the age gap between college kids and me. I don’t usually feel old; I usually think I’m around 23 until I try to stand up...
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Parenting In An Age of Uncertainty
I spent the morning setting up emergency contact information on my boys’ phones and researching the best tracking app to add to my 16-year-old’s phone for his weekend at Lollapalooza, the outdoor music...
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Why You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough To Go Back To High School
I was flipping through channels on television the other day and came across the movie, Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore as a 25-year-old newspaper reporter who returns to high school for a...
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College Trippin’– Beyond the Guidebooks
Four years ago I took my oldest son on his first set of college tours—eight schools in five days. That’s a lot of schools in a short period of time and I normally wouldn’t recommend it but I brought...
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My College Junior Won’t Be Home For Thanksgiving (And I Don’t Like It)
I’ve always loved Thanksgiving. I love the food, I love not having to run around and buy gifts for everyone, and I especially love the warm and fuzzy feel of gathering together and being grateful. Over...
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The Last First Day of High School
When I first quit my job to stay home with my kids I had big plans. Being with my kids was my only job and I was going to make the most of it. Those warnings about “appreciating the time with your...
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