Parenting

Navigating the college admissions process is a significant milestone for both students and their parents. While parental support is crucial, it’s important to strike a balance between guiding your child…

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder The kids are coming, the kids are coming…. HOME! The annual college-to-home migration has already begun, but parents often find themselves…

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies, Founder     Drop off stories have changed. Used to be parents would drive their children to college, unload the car(s), make the…

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies, Founder   A few weeks ago I wrote about a student who shared lessons learned during their college admissions process. This week it’s…

Yes, we’re all excited to flip the page on 2020. It obviously wasn’t a good year for our country or our planet. As we look forward to what will surely…

Pride and angst, very likely more angst than pride this year as families drop off their budding freshmen for a definitively non-traditional college experience. How many FaceBook posts have you…

When our world changes quickly and suddenly, because of things like COVID-19, it is common to experience changes in our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Feelings of anxiety, fear or worry…

I’m updating one of my most popular columns. It’s about the challenges of dealing with your children when they return home from college for Thanksgiving. College students are about to…

I get it, I’m a few years past sending my kids off to college. But, have things really changed that much? It seems so when I hear stories about what…

Navigating your way through the Thanksgiving break… College students are homeward-bound. For many freshmen it will be their first visit back since packing up last August. Thanksgiving, the uber-American family…