Those of you who are regular readers of my articles may remember my article on tough choices. And I still one hundred percent stand by the decisions I made and explained to you, along with the advice I gave you. I do, although, want to go back and explain to you a few other decisions I made about a week or so later. I decided that I still wanted to be as involved as possible in the school's spring musical, so I went back and talked with the musical director again. I told her that I still very much wanted
Tough Choices: Recap
by Sam P. May 23rd, 2013 | Teen Perspective, TeensThose of you who are regular readers of my articles may remember my article on tough choices. And I still one hundred percent stand by the decisions I made and explained to you, along with the advice I gave you. I do, although, want to go back and explain to you a few other decisions I made about a week or so later. I decided that I still wanted to be as involved as possible in the school's spring musical, so I went back and talked with the musical director again. I told her that I still very much wanted
Tween Safety: A Case Study
by Ronald A. Rowe May 22nd, 2013 | Tweens
The first step in keeping your Tween safe is acknowledging that the dangers are real. I took an interesting call last week from a client -- we’ll call her Katie -- that I will share with her permission because I think it well illustrates the tight rope that we must walk as parents.Katie called me from her car one afternoon to talk about Tween safety. What she actually was calling to talk about was the fact that she was hunkered down in her car spying on her 11-year-old daughter. We’ll call the daughter Sue.
Sue has been wanting to stretch
Parenting Predicament
Predicament: Walking the Cat
This may sound silly, but -- we have an indoor cat that I like to take outside sometimes on a leash. When I started this, I didn't know I'd be the only one who ever took her outside. But my oldest says he feels silly with a cat on
Lamaze: An Overview
by Jane Wangersky May 21st, 2013 | Pregnancy
As noted earlier, Lamaze is probably the best-known name in childbirth education. It's gone from being simply the name of a French doctor who wrote a book on his observations of births in Russia, to a method of managing labor, to a "philosophy" as it's called today.At the heart of that philosophy are six "healthy birth practices": letting labor start on its own, changing positions during labor (this includes walking), having a support person, avoiding unnecessary interventions, following the body's urge to push and not giving birth on your back, and keeping mother and baby together. Of
College Admissions Corner
Batter Up for Athletics on Your College Application
by Bobby Touran & James Maynard May 23rd, 2013Athletics are important for a good college application. It is not the sport itself that matters, but the fact that this allows admissions personnel to see that you were involved in extra-curricular activities, and were part of a team.
One of the advantages of having a record of team sports on your application over other activities is that the people responsible to making admissions decisions know (roughly) how much time is required to be a part of a team. This is not the c
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