My son is inches away from me, but the space between us feels sweeping. Nothing has prepared me for this cool emptiness. My ...

I remember the afternoon I taught my daughter to ride her bicycle without training wheels, running alongside her with my fingers curled around the back of the seat to ensure she didn’t fall. I can ...

Dartmouth professor's new book on college friendships is based on her twenty years of teaching and research on the topic.

We can mirror gratitude for our high school and college students, showing them how to express appreciation even when life is ...

After years of loving the simplicity of apartments, I bought a single-family home, me on the top floor, “kids” renting the ...

There is a scene in the movie The Passion of Christ where the Virgin Mary has flashbacks of comforting Jesus at certain points during His childhood. When I first watched the movie, it resonated with ...

My son, now 18, survived most of the last two winters in Toronto, Ontario with a fall jacket, worn with a hoodie underneath on cold days. I offered to take him shopping (in-store or online) for a ...

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After students push the “submit” button on their college applications, they may be tempted to shut their laptops and happily move onto other parts of their busy lives. However, as college admissions ...

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. But this one? It holds a lifetime. It was taken on the day my son got married. He’s in a black tux. I’m in a dress I spent weeks choosing. We’re standing ...

Hearing those words from my son, a high school senior, was very jarring. He told me about a conversation with a friend’s moms. His friend’s younger brother was struggling with many of the same things ...

The in and out rhythm of his breathing calmed me like a lullaby. Centered and quiet, as if he and I were the only two in the world. His eyelids fluttered periodically with REM-inspired visions, only ...