When you help your college bound son or daughter prepare to leave for school later this month, will you pack a bullet proof vest? Fire...

When my kids were little, our summertime family beach vacation was anything but a restful vacation. Wonderful, yes! But, as all moms...

When my boys came home from college for the summer, they parked the old van in the driveway, dragged their bags into the foyer, dumped...

On the large white board at a exercise studio downtown, my fellow spinners seem to enjoy answering the question of the month posted by...

College undergrads inundate Miami Beach each year for spring break, but this year the city is waving a white flag, crying "Nay, too much...

How many emails/blogs have you received in the past 10 days encouraging you to live this Lent generously, with discipline, full of...

Outside, it's cold and dreary. Inside, my heart feels just like the weather looks this time of year. When my thoughts turn to our two...

The University of Notre Dame was one of many colleges that closed its doors recently because of the polar vortex that descended upon the...

A college coed I know made her way back to school last week via a detour to the local emergency room. Apparently, this former Irish...

"Help, my child is home from college and tells me he has stopped going to Mass! What should I do?" This question is the one I get most...

This little turkey will be joining us for Thanksgiving in a few weeks. Are you ready to welcome your college-aged "turkeys" home for the...

In the weeks before my son left for college I was ready to say, "Goodbye and good riddance," because he had been so hard to get along...

Late summer signals "back to school" and often leaves me feeling melancholy. How about you? Did you just drop your student off at...

Are you breathing a sigh of relief having said goodbye your college aged-young adult? Or maybe you're surprised at the sadness you feel...

Such a bittersweet moment! Their bags are packed, the car is gassed, the dorm room awaits, and they're eager to begin (or return to)...

College-aged young adults make their own breakfasts, carry their own chairs to the beach, and put on their own sunscreen. That leaves...

When I lived at home for the summer as a college student, my dad was an imposing force with which to reckon-- all six and a half feet...

Welcome to May...an absolutely crazy month for most families with children. Squeezed in among spring weddings, first communions,...

Decisions about college were a long way off back when our toddlers rejoiced over a Hershey's kiss and their teddy bear. Yet, here we...

When her last son was about to begin his senior year of high school, Laurel Howanitz suddenly became frozen with fear about the looming...