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I dropped my daughter off at college last week. Now I'm anxiously waiting to hear if she'll get a sorority bid.

There is a tradition of parents writing an obligatory college drop off letter to your freshman college student. I have read a few examples, and some of them are beautiful, poignant. They are to offer ...

I’ve been through eighteen years of college drop off in my role as a psychiatrist at Boston University Student Health Services. Don’t knock on your student’s door at 7 a.m. and ask for a campus tour.

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Here is a checklist of the items your teen might need to consider before starting classes. Hope this is useful and Grown and Flown is here to help, if you need us! Grab this checklist to keep track of ...

Grab this timeline to learn what you and your teen need to do, and when. This helpful PDF will suggest useful resources and activities to reduce stress and help guide your teen finding colleges that ...

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Annabel Monaghan is the USA Today bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Her forthcoming ...

Stephen M. Sandelich, MD, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, where his research focuses on substance use care for adolescents. He ...