Misdirection

No doubt the transition to college can be difficult to navigate, both for incoming first-year students and their parents. Let’s start with the latter. As my friend Ginny commented on Facebook about her son’s impending departure, “I will not post a picture of my son sleeping in his bed for the last time (ok, I know he’ll be back but…

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Nice kids

October marks the 12th annual National Bullying Prevention Month … and it hasn’t come a minute too soon. Citing data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, PACER Center, which began this movement, says that 20.8% of students – more than one out of every five – report being bullied. One in 5. The results can be devastating.…

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