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We learned a few things along the way. (Photo credit: Geist family)

One year ago, we dropped our oldest off at college. The months leading up to this mind- bending milestone were like a wild ride on an invisible emotional roller coaster. Senior year was a gradual, anticipatory ascent up to the first peak. We celebrated each senior ritual, one by one, before pausing all the w...


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It happened again this week. Several times, in fact.

I’m a university professor and my office is located directly across from the elevators. Because I maintain a literal “open-door” policy for my students, visitors often mistake me for the department secreta...


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This time of year there is absolutely no escaping the plethora of heart wrenching articles about sending your kids off to college, and while we realize that this is a stressful, and anxious time, we seasoned parents want you first-timers to know that there i...


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Raising two girls, I have found everything imaginable in the laundry. Except, of course, a cell phone, because that would be attached to a hand or an ear.

Here are things I wanted my daughters to know before they left for college. (Pexels Artem Mizyuk)

During one particular laundry load, at the end of the summer before my firstborn daughter’s high school senior year, i...


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