Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Danielle. You’ve spent 18 years preparing your daughter to be independent and pursue her dreams, but just because she’s off to college doesn’t mean your job is done. She still needs your wisdom, your encouragement and while she’s living on campus, probably a lot of your money. You can limit some of those calls [...]
By: Linda Brodsky, MD. Sharing the joys and challenges of raising girls is not an easy job, no siree Bob! So I thought I would try to make it easier by breaking it down into five phases which, upon looking back, were helpful to me in understanding my journey. The relationships between parent and female [...]
My daughter, Alyson, began checking out colleges in her junior year of high school. On one of our first visits, she and I were finishing up an interview with the dean of admissions when she asked if I could step outside so she could have a moment alone with him. Later that night, I asked [...]
By: Janine Sherman. As I prepare to send my second child to college, I feel somewhat more prepared than when I sent my oldest child. Thinking back to when I dropped my daughter off at New York University three years ago, I believed that walking out of the dorm without falling apart would probably be [...]
By: Marie Carr. Congratulations, your daughter has been accepted into college! Now, as parents, there are many things that you need to do. Being informed, prepared and organized makes a world of difference. 8 Essential Things To Get Parents Started: 1. Create a filing system. Purchase and label folders such as: Bank Accounts, College Brochures, [...]
As a graduate of the University of Virginia (in my humble opinion, one of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest accomplishments), I am always interested in “all things Jeffersonian.” In honor of the 4th of July, I felt the urge to post this totally hilarious and politically incorrect mark-up of the Declaration of Independence. It seems college kids [...]
