This post is sponsored by the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) but the opinions are our own. After the fraught college search, the stressful dorm move-in and the many tearful goodbyes, your child has hopefully settled into an amazing and productive four years as a college student. But we all know that college is just the preamble to “real life.” And, before you can even adjust to your kids being college freshman, in the proverbial blink of an eye, they are juniors and seniors, and ... View the Post
12 Things Juniors and Seniors Should Do Before College Graduation
Teens Are Over Scheduled And Exhausted And It’s Your Fault, Parents
When my son announced last week that he wanted to apply for his first summer job, I was dubious. Though he’s fifteen years old and quite responsible, I wasn’t sure I was ready for him to take on the commitment of a part time job over the summer. Frankly, the thought of having to drive him one. more. place this summer made my head spin. His father and I discussed my son and his plan for employment and we quickly realized that our son was too busy to get a job. Between summer vacations, Boy ... View the Post
Introducing the new [email protected] Grown and Flown
We’re Pam and Mara, BFFs who are sort of obsessed with style and trying to figure out how to use our clothes to help us feel more confident and at ease in the world. We’ve found that dressing has become more challenging over the past few years as our bodies and perspectives have changed – more difficult to find go-to outfits in our closet and more frustrating to shop for new clothes. As long-time readers of G&F, we figured that we’re probably not the only ones feeling this way and we ... View the Post
This Is The Real Reason Why Teens Don’t Babysit Anymore
If you’re over the age of 40, I would bet my entire vintage collection of Baby-Sitters Club books that you spent nearly every weekend night of your early teen years babysitting someone else’s kids. And as much as you’d like to never admit it, I also bet you loved every second of it. (And the quick, easy cash in your pocket you made doing so you promptly be spent on jelly shoes and Wham! cassette tapes). Sadly, when teens these days want money for music downloads and new shoes, they go ... View the Post
Here’s What Parents Need To Know Right Now About Juuling
Vaping, the inhaling of warmed up nicotine turned vapor through a device, is out of control. It has taken over the tobacco industry in ways nobody could have ever imagined. Somehow, today’s youth have made traditional combustible cigarette smoking dirty and taboo, while simultaneously becoming addicted to nicotine in the most fashionable and technocratic of ways. In a twist nobody saw coming, today’s teens are no longer frantically puffing on Marlboro Lights in high school parking lots before ... View the Post
Here’s What To Expect When Your Kids Are In Their 20s
I knew what to expect when I was expecting. Food cravings, weight gain, swollen ankles, and a baby. Fast forward 20 plus years. My expectation was that I would know what to expect when those babies grew up. I was wrong. In the 1990’s baby bumps didn’t have a cute name like baby bump. And there were no blogs to turn to for pregnancy advice. The first thing you did after your EPT test showed a plus sign was drive to an actual book store and buy a copy of “What to Expect When you are Expecting.” ... View the Post