Teens sometimes have an attitude and speak disrespectfully to parents. Many wonder if this generation has become more rude than the one before. Read what the experts say and how to curb teen rudeness.
Rudeness on the Rise (pdf 1.2mb)
Tag: Teens and College
Raise Your College Chances With an Alumni Interview Bay Area Parents: Teen Focus
Read about alumni interviews and why they can be worthwhile. Learn how your teen can prepare them and what to anticipate.
Raise Your College Chances With an Alumni Interview (pdf 1.5mb)
A Stand-Out College Essay
Read about the importance of a well crafted essay as part of the college application. Find out how much the essay really counts and the right formula for a stand-out essay.
A Stand-Out College Essay (pdf 2.1mb)
Greek Letters at a Price N.Y. Times (Education Life)
Some sororities demand more time and financial commitment than most people would ever expect. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/greek-letters-at-a-price.html
Messy teen rooms: Get out the caution tape! Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family and Staten Island Family
Moms like me have found themselves sitting on the floor of their child’s room picking up every Lego, Transformer piece, or Barbie accessory our youngster failed to place in the proper bin or box. After all, we paid for…
What did you say? Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family, Queens Family, Staten Island Family
Gone are the days when a parent would threaten to wash a child’s mouth out with soap for using a “four-letter word.” Many of today’s teens and tweens sprinkle their everyday conversation with language our mothers would tell us…
Parents Across The Table: Moms and dads are the new faces of college admissions New York Times (Education Life)
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,…
Application Agitation Bay Area Teen Focus
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)
Formidible Friendships Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, SI Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family
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…
Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move. NewYork Times: Motherlode - Adventures In Parenting (117 comments)
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…