Carolina College Bound

A standard dorm room. Photo by Alec Sitton T-minus one month and counting. The countdown to your first day as a college freshman has officially begun. There are advice articles…

Parents and prospective students talk with Fayetteville State officials. Photo by Ezekiel Best, FSU Used to be that parents packed up the station wagon, drove their son or daughter to…

What should you do with your “boomerang kids” who come home from college for a place to stay over the summer? A first piece of advice is for everyone –…

I always believed that Hallmark was responsible for creating June’s catchy marketing moniker “Dads and Grads.” Just as Father’s Day gifts have thankfully moved beyond standard-issue ties, so too, can…

LEE SHULMAN BIERER 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 togetherness holiday, can be…

by LEE BIERER It’s a tough tightrope out there, and well-intentioned parents are often hurting more than they’re helping. Parents behaving badly – it happens all the time in the…

LEE SHULMAN BIERER A student piles up belongings on drop-off day. Photo courtesy of USC Beaufort How many Facebook posts have you seen over the last few weeks where families…

LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Wofford College/Mark Olencki The parade of freshman drop-off days continues. Before the often-teary ride home, parents feel compelled to impart tidbits of wisdom and life…

LEE SHULMAN BIERER Dorm life can work a little more smoothly by planning ahead for essentials. File photo I am sure it has been a scene repeated recently at stores…

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 togetherness holiday, can be equally tough for…