Tag: parents
Childhood Trauma Soap
If I could have your serious attention for a moment please. I have something to say and it’s important and you need to hear it. Until we change, we’re going to remain the same. That’s […]
College Movie Moms
New Line Cinema recently announced that it had acquired the screen rights to Andrew Ferguson’s best selling book Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course In Getting His Kid Into College. Set to star as the crazed dad […]
The Teenage Boy’s Dream Date?
It’s Prom season–the season of young love and romance and the season when teenage boys and girls go on the hunt for their dream date who will put that special punctuation on their high school […]
When Dorms Are Like Palaces
Yes, the Princeton Review’s top college rankings includes schools with “Dorms Like Palaces”. Hold the tiara and armor. Before you squeeze on the glass slipper or buy a white horse, it’s best to beware of […]
Bed, Bath and Beyond Embarrassing: Dorm Decorating Tips from My Son
When USA Today College offered dorm decorating advice that would make students “feel at home,” I was truly impressed. Inexpensive tips from paint color to flameless candles, and lace trim to glass vessels for nail polish, transformed […]
Nancy Berk’s Humorous View of Parents Sending Kids off to College
Dr. Nancy Berk speaks throughout the country and does stand-up as well. Her You Tube videos give us a glimpse inside the brain of the woman who manages to bring a much needed calm to […]
Sittin’ Shiva, my diva
Sittin’ shiva, that’s what we read, Sittin’ shiva, because he was dead. Rollin’ out to the burbs for a service while the Rabbi tries to keep us from bein’ nervous. Sittin’ shiva, I did, sittin’ […]
College Humor: Extracting Wisdom
There’s one familiar milestone on the road to the college launch that doesn’t get much press. Oral surgery. This pre-college dental rite of passage just might be the universe’s way of giving parents one final […]