This is NOT your average July 4th weekend. America turns 250 on Saturday, July 4, and it feels like the entire world is celebrating with us with so many of the World Cup games being played here.

The first time my daughter drifted toward the center line, I grabbed the wheel. It was a reflex. Two months into teaching her to drive, on a quiet road I’d picked precisely because nothing ever ...

My daughter is a junior in high school, which means our family is deep in the college search with campus visits, SAT nerves, Common App deadlines, financial considerations, the best academic “fit,” ...

So this is it — the third and final time. Next week I will sit through my youngest son’s high school graduation. Like every parent in that audience, high school auditorium, and football field, I will ...

Tuition, room, and board may be the largest line items for college students, but they are far from the only costs of higher education. College students need to furnish their dorms, buy books for ...

I Study How College Learning Works, Here’s What I’m Telling My Own Teen Parenting Parenting Teens in High School ...

Behzad is a father of two teenagers living in Brisbane, Australia. He writes about the quiet, often disorienting work of parenting kids who are becoming adults faster than feels possible.

Graduates spend years planning their careers, but one decision may matter more than any first job: choosing the right life ...

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I can’t think clearly right now because there is a rather substantial section of my prefrontal cortex missing. It’s a fairly important chunk, something having to do with rational thought. You see, it ...

Before cell phones, before highly organized youth sports, and before the internet, there was time. Growing up in the late 80s, it was common for your mother to tell you to play. Of course, we always ...