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May 8, 2015

When the coach’s kid is the 'favorite'

If you have ever attended a youth sports game, be it baseball, football, or whatever, you have probably seen this firsthand: The coach’s child gets preferential treatment. It’s almost a cliché, it is so epidemic.

May 7, 2015

Fifteen years after Columbine: What we still need to do to protect our kids

As the 15th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School approaches, it is time to take a serious look at how far we have come in protecting our schools. Here are three steps that we can take to help prevent another Columbine, Virginia Tech or Newtown massacre.

May 7, 2015

Confessions from the blond, black sheep in the family -- a mom among boys

Before I had kids, I thought my perfect family would be two boys and a girl. But that wasn’t to be.

May 7, 2015

Take control of your child's school lunch

Parents – you can take charge of your child’s lunch by following a few easy steps. The first step is to limit your child’s options and pack them a lunch

May 7, 2015

Campus sexual assaults: My guidelines for parents with kids of college age

College freshmen are completing their first month on campus. According to the website The Other Freshman 15, "The first 15 weeks of college can be the riskiest for sexual assault. ... One out of five students experience rape or sexual assault while they are in college, and in the great majority of cases (75-80 percent), the victim knows the attacker."

May 7, 2015

Every college parent's fear: Campus rape

Like millions of Americans, I recently dropped my daughter off to college for her freshman year. She was brimming with excitement and hope. I was troubled with gnawing apprehension, if not fear. I love her dearly and I want her to be safe. But will she be?

May 7, 2015

Tenured professor's take: The real way to rein in college tuition, student debt

President Obama is working on a regulatory framework to contain education costs, but I doubt his ideas will work. Having been a tenured professor for 24 years, here is my take from the inside.

May 7, 2015

Surviving college... as a parent

This is a story of survival. As a parent. I survived the trauma and drama of sending a child to college. Like a Snicket tale, it is a series of unfortunate (and stressful) events…with a happy ending.

May 7, 2015

Safe Schools Week: Three things we can do right now to better secure our schools

It has been almost two years since 20 children and six adult staff members lost their lives in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The tragedy wounded the nation and made parents everywhere ask themselves: Are my children safe at school? 

May 7, 2015

Punishment and discipline: Why they have nothing in common

Discipline is a sensitive and complicated topic, and the fact that the age and temperament of children influences how they respond to various forms of discipline doesn't make it any easier on parents.