This picture is the story of us—his beginning and my becoming—all wrapped into one beautiful, heart-wrenching, full-circle ...

I am a stay-at-home grandmother, one of a quiet number of middle-aged women chipping in to help care for our grandchildren.

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We decided to set a one-call-per-week policy when our eldest went off to college and here’s what happened.

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New freedoms await our teens when they turn 18 but there are the 3 things that 18 year-olds should start with when they come of age.

This year Yale, Tufts, Boston University and Wellesley are among a few private institutions whose costs for tuition, housing and other expenses will exceed $90,000 according to the schools’ websites.

My oldest daughter leaves for college this fall. It’s taken me every bit of her 17 years to finally be at peace with being a stay-at-home mom. It’s hard to type those words and even harder to read ...

This list includes fiction and nonfiction books, all of which have helped me, or I wish I had read before college. I think college freshman should read these 10 books Note: We are a reader-supported ...

Promposals have become a big deal and it's hard to be creative. We came up with some really great ideas for how to ask your date to the prom.

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