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Parents Across The Table: Moms and dads are the new faces of college admissions New York Times (Education Life)

by Risa C. Doherty • November 1, 2013

Colleges are inviting parents to join their admissions offices in recruiting prospective students by staffing college fairs, reaching out to local applicants and conducting interviews; tasks once limited to official college representatives and alumni. Some people think it is a great idea,…

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Application Agitation Bay Area Teen Focus

by Risa C. Doherty • October 15, 2013

When children are applying to college today, hysteria takes hold, as nervous parents struggle to maintain their sanity. Read how to help maximize teens’ chances without taking over and without allowing the process to inundate your life.
Oct TFS F-Application (pdf 1.9mb)

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Formidible Friendships Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, SI Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family

by Risa C. Doherty • October 8, 2013 • 0 Comments

When kids are little, we bring them to playgroups and baby classes, where we pick friends for them. Most of the time, parents and toddlers get along, and if there is a personality conflict that the parents do not want…

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Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move. NewYork Times: Motherlode - Adventures In Parenting (117 comments)

by Risa C. Doherty • September 1, 2013

According to the Urban Dictionary, “dormify” means “to decorate your living space with cool, trendy, hip fashion.” I thought I was up for that, as my children approached their college years. When I pictured what college shopping would be like…

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College Applications. No Need for Panic Your Teen

by Risa C. Doherty • June 16, 2013

  Parents across America are a summer away from panicking over whether their procrastinating teenagers will submit their college applications on time and whether any of those applications will end with an acceptance. Meanwhile, reports of the latest average incoming…

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New book by Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg calls for grrrl power Bronx/​Riverdale Family / Brooklyn Family / Long Island Family / Manhattan Family / Queens Family / Staten Island Family

by Risa C. Doherty • June 16, 2013

The new book, “Lean In,” is partly anecdotal and partly a rallying cry, intended to encourage women to break free from their innate hesitation to aggressively advance their careers and “step up to the table.” It is a primer with…

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