Who Rules the Roost? Establishing Boundaries for Returning College Kids that Everyone Can Live With Home (Bitter) Sweet Home: A College Student’s Perspective by Caroline Finnegan | Guest Contributor Dear Parents, A little intro from a senior in college and three-time champion of the smooth transition home for…
Making the Grade with Grads A+ Suggestions for Gifts They’ll Love Are your friends’ kids graduating from high school or college? Do you want to find something a personal yet also practical? Here are some gift suggestions that are good for the dorm or apartment. Soundrise from Soundfreaq…
Some Holds Barred Graduation Party Ideas & Suggestions that Nobody will Regret Later by Bobbie Ames | Section Editor ‘Tis the season for high school graduation, and there will be no shortage of parties to go along with the milestone celebration. Should you host a party? How do you…
Teens, Text and the Opposite Sex Good Morning Texas’ Paige McCoy Smith shares her candid and clever interview with teens. I spy them mainly at the mall. Walking around in herds, pimply faced with metal braces, all holding a cell phone with fingers dancing, sending text after text to someone who…
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Make a Zero Tolerance Bullying Policy Nationwide with Consequences of Suspension for the Bully(s) & Severe Consequences. As a Parent of a child that was Bullied relentlessly, it has become a Passion of mine to be a Voice for those that Don’t have one….
Who Got in Where: Dealing with the Acceptances and Rejections By: Randi Mazzella | TeenLife Blog After months of waiting, college admission decisions are finally here. Anxious students will be running to their mailboxes, hoping to receive “thick” envelopes – or just logging onto their computers to find out if they have…
Prince of Peace Christian School’s Headmaster, Chris Hahn, Receives 2015 Distinguished Administrator Award from the Texas Private School Music Educators Association By: Valerie Gabriel-Swenson Prince of Peace Christian School & Early Learning Center’s (POPCS) Headmaster, Chris Hahn, received the 2015 Distinguished Administrator Award from the Texas Private School Music Educators Association…
Forget Harvard and Stanford. It really doesn’t matter where you go to college. By Jeffrey J. Selingo | Grade Point* In the coming weeks, college acceptances will start rolling in for a select group of high-school seniors vying to get into the three dozen or so most-selective colleges and universities in the…
TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION The use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) is a tremendous problem among teens today. Studies show that over 1.5 million teens admit to using anabolic steroids. The median age for first time use is 15. The family of Taylor Hooton, a promising teen baseball…