Parenting tips to ease those jitters, smooth the transition and make heading back to school less scary for kids Heading back to school is exciting for most kids but can be a bit traumatic for others. It’s only natural for children to feel a little anxious especially if you’ve just moved to town, are changing [...]

Parenting tips to help kids feel more confident away from home sweet home — whether it be a camp, sleepover, or playdate — based on the latest research Mooommm… I want to come home! But can’t you pleassse pick me up? I hate it here! I don’t care how much you paid. Come get me [...]

Parenting advice I shared with Matt Lauer this morning on the TODAY show: ways to help reduce kid’s back to school jitters, minimize anxieties and ease those transitions so they can focus on the real subject: learning! Heading back to school is exciting for most kids but can be a bit traumatic for others. It’s [...]

Parenting advice for before, during, and after your teen’s move from home After all the test-taking, application filling, essay editing, campus touring, and acceptance-waiting, the big event is almost here: dropping your teen off at college. You’d think that would be the easy part, but move-in day on college campuses is actually a high anxiety, [...]

Thinking of having your kid fly alone to visit someone or going off to camp this summer? A review of last year’s news may make you want to rethink your plans. Here’s a recap: It seemed yet another unaccompanied minor flying to visit Grandma and Grandpa was somehow “misplaced” by the airlines. The child landed [...]