Dorm Life

This post is in partnership with SiriusXM.  Mid-terms are coming up and it's hard to support your college kids when they are away. To me, it feels like there's more pressure than ever on our kids to succeed. Since I can't remove the bumps in the road ahead of my girls, I can be ...read more

There are so many things to tell you about boarding school. I've been keeping most of the experience offline, because it's not fully my story to tell. My daughter, 14, is the keeper of most of the details. What I CAN share is that getting her to and from school takes up a great ...read more

My freshman-year dorm room was classified as a "split double." In other words, it was a tiny room with a wall that divided it in half 3/4 of the way. My roommate and I each put a shower curtain up to separate the small portion of the room that was open. Suffice to say, we had ...read more