Here are our gift lists for parents shopping for teens and college students. We hope you find just what you are looking for to make this holiday season a little brighter for your son or daughter.

After students push the “submit” button on their college applications, they may be tempted to shut their laptops and happily move onto other parts of their busy lives. However, as college admissions ...

Worried about paying for college? You’re not alone. College expenses continue to rise and the process of finding affordable colleges and applying for financial aid is complex. Families need clear ...

As parents of teens and young adults, we’ve witnessed countless trends come and go. But the latest phenomenon sweeping through college campuses and high schools is something we never expected: ...

The in and out rhythm of his breathing calmed me like a lullaby. Centered and quiet, as if he and I were the only two in the world. His eyelids fluttered periodically with REM-inspired visions, only ...

A popular meme gushes that mothers sleep better when all the teens are back home under one roof. I bet that meme was created the day those children arrived, or even days before. Because the reality of ...

Grown and Flown was where I first saw the advice about how often to communicate with my college freshman. It was 2018, and we were just about to send the guinea pig off to a university three hours ...

I am standing firmly on the bridge. Not approaching it, not seeing the end of it, but rather right smack in the middle of the bridge and it is agony. I don’t know when I first heard the phrase “Bridge ...

My father is going to India for three weeks. His last trip was to Spain; the time before that, he spent ten days in Morocco. He goes there yearly. The previous trip was to Turkey, and honestly, I ...

Year after year young voters (18-29) cast ballots in lower numbers than their older counterparts. According to Sunshine Hillygus, a professor at Duke University, despite their high interest in civic ...

After several years of parenting teens and many emotional conflicts along the way, I made a decision. I would no longer argue with my teens. Why? Because, they would always win. Arguments were once ...

I arrived at my house from the funeral home and went straight to bed. I’d been awake for nearly 36 hours, the final hours of my mom’s life. While saying my last goodbye, I was told by the hospital ...