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

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

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A few weeks ago, I sat in the high school parking lot yelling at my son. The tears were coming hard and fast. I was filled with hopelessness, rage, and my heart hurt. I was about to tear my hair out; ...

Tonight my heart was crushed as my 17-year old daughter confessed to me she had cried not once but twice to two separate family members while we were together at a family birthday gathering. I was ...

Raising children involves preparing them for what’s to come. Practicing new routines and discussing unfamiliar and potentially challenging scenarios to reassure teens that the unknown isn’t totally ...

These boys! I will miss them as they all head in different directions. I will miss the boys, but how I’ll miss the mommas. I love and appreciate the strong young men they have raised. My boy has grown ...

My son used to play every team sport he could. We were constantly running from activity to activity, and he loved it. He wasn’t afraid to try and do things, even if he wasn’t very good at it — he just ...

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