Having worked with Connecticut high school students for the last 20 years, I have a deep understanding of the psychological and practical challenges faced by parents as they send their children off to college. Having done so with three of my own (last one leaving next week), I fully understand the enormity of the process […]
Read MoreI have some sense of optimism regarding the return of normalcy or at least post-pandemic normalcy. Given my work related to both teaching and counseling students in Connecticut, I have noticed in the last few years a profound need for more educational counseling. The epidemics of anxiety and depression and various subcategories of each have […]
Read MoreSingle Men My first book was Motivate Your Son. I was surprised by its commercial success. I was surprised by how many people from all over the country bought the book. I was stunned when those from other English speaking countries tracked me down. I thought it was a book to help those in Shoreline Connecticut and […]
Read MoreHope brings its friends optimism, happiness, and excitement. Having worked with teens/young adults in Shoreline, CT for 20 years, I wish that I could bring back the amount of hope that I saw when I first started. Hope derives from the thought that something better lies ahead. Back in the not too distant past… most […]
Read MoreThe stakes for choosing a college major have never been higher. I do not like the view that 18 year olds should already be immersed in career planning. But there are many other things about the world that I don’t like either. We have to deal with “what is”. And, the New World of Work, […]
Read MoreYears ago, I had a fellowship to work at The Brookings Institute, long considered America’s top think tank. At the end of the fellowship, I told my wonderful Brookings Scholar (as they were called) that I thought the mission of think tanks was great “generate ground breaking ideas through sophisticated research”, I wanted to be […]
Read MoreUnstructured time. That’s when greatness is built for those who are self-motivated. That’s when gaps occur between those who are self-motivated and those that are not. And… most teens in suburban Connecticut are not self-motivated! The pandemic created an enormous amount of unstructured time. There will be education gaps. Make sure your child is on […]
Read MoreAleutians from Alaska (more commonly referred to as Eskimos) do not need to do as well on the SATs as do white students from Connecticut. Coming from an impoverished area will also be advantageous compared to a wealthy one also gives an admissions advantage. So how are those who do not have an ethnic or […]
Read MoreI was at Pizza Works in Old Saybrook and felt someone tap me on the shoulder. It was the mother of two past SAT students from Lyme-Old Lyme High school. “My children still talk about you and the class.” I knew she was not referring to my teachings of the intricacies of SAT test-taking strategies. […]
Read MoreIn working with teens through the years, I have deep anecdotal evidence that their social skills have been declining at a rapid rate. The pandemic merely accelerated but did not create the decline. We are facing an epidemic of anxiety and depression in teens. Given my work, I’ve researched and considered the issue extensively. I’m […]
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