Parenting teens can feel like raising strangers. Mom of 5 shares her "Alien Theory" and why a teen's distance is a normal ...

Three years after her son's leukemia remission, mother and psychotherapist reflects on fear, survival, and the bittersweet ...

Author and mom Christina Geist (Before You Fly Away: Life Lessons From Home) has advice for college drop off, especially for first time college parents.

Do you have the (free) Grown and Flown Off-to-College Checklist? It includes important financial, health and wellness, and legal things to check off your list before your teen leaves home. Download it ...

This time of year there is absolutely no escaping the plethora of heart wrenching articles about sending your kids off to college, and while we realize that this is a stressful, and anxious time, we ...

It happened again this week. Several times, in fact. I’m a university professor and my office is located directly across from the elevators. Because I maintain a literal “open-door” policy for my ...

It’s here. The day you have anticipated, dreamed about, and maybe even dreaded for 18 years has arrived. While college move-in day is a proud moment for any parent, that does not mean it isn’t a day ...

We asked our Grown and Flown community for their best ideas for dorm supplies and furnishings that their teens ALWAYS used. While you may have covered the shopping basics, here are dorm ideas you ...

Moving into a college dorm is a memorable experience for students and for their families. (Credit: Harrington) Your teen may be nearly done packing for college with piles of their belongings growing ...

Here’s a checklist of 50 things your teen might want to consider taking to their dorm. (Container Store) You and your soon-to-be college student have likely thought about the basics but here are 50 ...

Raising two girls, I have found everything imaginable in the laundry. Except, of course, a cell phone, because that would be attached to a hand or an ear. Here are things I wanted my daughters to know ...