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• 5 Main Causes of Stress For College Students

  When we think of college life, we think of the greatest years of our lives. However, we tend to ignore that it is also the time of stressful experiences and a wide range of mental health challenges. Given multiple sources of distress, some people will feel overwhelmed by all of them at some point.  When you mix academics, culture ...

• The Sophomore Slump Is Not A Myth

  According to a recent article on Inside Higher Ed, Duke University just launched their first-ever sophomore convocation, where the universit

• “My Young Adult is F.I.N.E.”

  How we can ask more specific questions to ensure that our young adults aren’t struggling in silence and be honest about what they’re experiencing in higher education. When asking “How are you?” to your young adult, have you ever wondered if there’s something more behind the curtains of their “I’m fine” answer?  I wish I could take credit for ...

• Does Music Help You Study? Here’s What Science Says

  Studying can be a bit challenging at times and can also be boring. But you have to stay motivated in order to be able to accomplish something. For students and people who just want to learn something new, music can be very helpful. This has recently been backed by science. So, instead of just pushing or forcing yourself to ...

• Don’t Despair, There is a College for Everyone

  Just mention the words “college admissions,” and the anxiety level for some future college parent households rises as quickly as the spring pollen count outside their front doors.Part of that anxiety, no doubt, is being driven by a recent spate of high-profile newspaper articles, followed inevitably by their cribbing on television or radio news programs ...

• COLLEGE TODAY: THE BEST – AND WORST – OF TIMES

  To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times for American higher education.A college education is more widely available than at any time in our nation's history, with well more than two-thirds of high school graduates attending college in the year following high school, and more than ...

• 2019 College Humor – Helicopter Parents Are Useful After All

  The tenth comic in the College Parents of America Humor series is now available on Collegeparents.org. This comic, made in a collaborative act between College Parents of America and Hector Curriel, is a nod to helicopter parents everywhere. 

• 10 Games For College Families This Holiday Season

  The holidays are for celebrating with friends and family. College students are home from school, most professions allow for time off to spend with family, and unless you live in a tropical climate, most people enjoy staying inside to bundle up and stay warm. Family game night is when everyone gets together to sit down ...