As I count our final days together, I’m trying to stay positive and upbeat, for him. But I’m sad. I’m not sad because I won’t get to see him. His campus is only a little over two hours from home, so I ...

Eighteen is a year overflowing with contradictions. Eighteen wants to be a child forever, yet he cannot wait to grow up. He loves his house and cannot wait to leave it. Eighteen is our teen living in ...

I know I’m not the only one. Amid all the dorm drop-off and video-chat-with-the-dog stories, I’m here with two college students living at home. There are many good reasons for this — a terrific ...

Editor’s Note: Bestselling author Annabel Monaghan wrote this piece for Grown and Flown when her eldest was about to graduate from high school. We love it now every bit as much as we did then; we know ...

Sending a teen to college is a significant moment in your family’s life, but it is also filled with forms, logistics, and plans. You may be thinking about what to buy for their dorm room (we have ...

My eldest son just turned 20. I don’t even know what to do with that number. It means I’m old, for one. Like, really old. And yet I remember exactly where I was when I turned 20: taking a Shakespeare ...

Answering questions with a single word, refusing to elaborate on what happened, and being intensely private about everything. Why do teen boys withdraw and leave us desperate for more details — and a ...

As my own teenager started scrolling through images of dresses in preparation for her first prom, I got a little thrill. Helping a daughter shop for a prom dress felt like one of those parental rights ...

Following three weeks of practice, the first track meet would run until 8 p.m. That morning, my fourteen-year-old son went to school bleary-eyed after a rough night’s sleep. He texted me toward the ...

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Here is the best-kept secret about the college school year. It is about 15 minutes long. No sooner do kids return to college from spring break than they are ready to move back home for the summer.

I’m trying to remember how we marked the occasion of my high school graduation, and I can’t. Maybe it’s because there wasn’t a big, overblown celebration, but more realistically, it was over 30 years ...