Sending a child off to college goes against every fundamental principle we have likely used to guide our parenting thus far. I used the word child because their brains are still forming. For that matter, most days, I feel like my brain is still forming.

These "10 Commandments of Dorm Shopping" will help you and your off-to-college teen make smart choices while saving time and money.

This post: Off to College: 8 Important Talks to Have with Your Teen When my daughter ventured off to college, there was so much I wanted to tell her. I…

10 items that weren't on any college packing list that my friends and I used frequently when I lived in a dorm and still use today. Nine items are under $50

At college drop off our son walked us to the car, we knew it was the goodbye. I planned my last words of love and wisdom but what I said was anything but.

Students transfer for a variety of reasons, including family obligations, cost or a desire to find a college that's a better fit.

You survived 18 years of breakfast making, lunch packing, spelling tests, endless loads of laundry, and now you’re actually here: college drop off.

I knew this day would come… So, years ago when my friend Pastor Ben Cachiaras posted a blog sharing what he told his daughter when he dropped her off at college, I filed it away for when I had to do the same. This past week Lorrie and I left our oldest at college and […]

Chaya Deitsch ’86 was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in New Haven, Conn. Her recently published book Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family is a memoir