The Parent Playbook

5 Signs Your Teen’s Attention Span Needs a Reset, Not a Lecture

5 Signs Your Teen’s Attention Span Needs a Rese...

Your teen starts three tabs, opens a group chat, and forgets what the assignment was in under ninety seconds. You’ve probably already had the conversation about focus. Maybe more than...

5 Signs Your Teen’s Attention Span Needs a Rese...

Your teen starts three tabs, opens a group chat, and forgets what the assignment was in under ninety seconds. You’ve probably already had the conversation about focus. Maybe more than...

We Keep Asking Teenagers What They Want to Be. We Rarely Ask Who They Already Are.

We Keep Asking Teenagers What They Want to Be. ...

A Question We Skip By the time a student sits across from a counselor discussing majors and career paths, they've spent years being defined by test scores, GPA bands, and...

We Keep Asking Teenagers What They Want to Be. ...

A Question We Skip By the time a student sits across from a counselor discussing majors and career paths, they've spent years being defined by test scores, GPA bands, and...

The Readiness Gap: Why Academic Success Doesn't Guarantee College Readiness

The Readiness Gap: Why Academic Success Doesn't...

Two Metrics, One Report Card A student can carry a 3.8 GPA and still go quiet in a professor's office hours, unsure how to ask for what they need. They...

The Readiness Gap: Why Academic Success Doesn't...

Two Metrics, One Report Card A student can carry a 3.8 GPA and still go quiet in a professor's office hours, unsure how to ask for what they need. They...

Sunday Scaries by Friday: Spotting Anticipatory School Anxiety

Sunday Scaries by Friday: Spotting Anticipatory...

If your teen’s mood starts sinking on Friday afternoon, not Sunday night, that’s worth paying attention to. Anticipatory anxiety about the week ahead arriving two full days early isn’t dramatic...

Sunday Scaries by Friday: Spotting Anticipatory...

If your teen’s mood starts sinking on Friday afternoon, not Sunday night, that’s worth paying attention to. Anticipatory anxiety about the week ahead arriving two full days early isn’t dramatic...

4 Things to Say When Your Teen Says “I’m Fine” (And Isn’t)

4 Things to Say When Your Teen Says “I’m Fine” ...

“I’m fine” is rarely actually about being fine. Most of the time, it’s a teenager testing whether it’s safe to say more, and deciding, in that split second, that it...

4 Things to Say When Your Teen Says “I’m Fine” ...

“I’m fine” is rarely actually about being fine. Most of the time, it’s a teenager testing whether it’s safe to say more, and deciding, in that split second, that it...

6 Things Your Rising Senior Should Do This Summer

6 Things Your Rising Senior Should Do This Summer

The Common App opens August 1. Recommendation letters typically need six to eight weeks of lead time before November early decision deadlines. FAFSA opens in the fall. None of this...

6 Things Your Rising Senior Should Do This Summer

The Common App opens August 1. Recommendation letters typically need six to eight weeks of lead time before November early decision deadlines. FAFSA opens in the fall. None of this...