The real (& unfortunate) outcomes of too much parental control
We’ve been reading loads of articles in the past week-- including this one from the NYTimes --about the overly involved--sometimes...
We live in Asia. We'll send her to Australia for secondary school. It's better. (Or is it?
I hear this often. I ask: "Tell me how you ended up attending secondary school in X country?" "Well, we/my parents thought that the...
Why the university admissions process is such a problem
Mutter the words “university” and “admissions” and you’ll feel stress around you—verbal, visceral, corporeal, mental. Have you ever seen...
Acceptances are in! But why isn’t my child excited about it?
Remember that this transition is a massive one and far greater, more consequential, and life-changing than the application process...
Yoga and Rankings
I was just settling into a relaxing shoulder opener before class when I overheard two of my yoga buddies in the row behind me: --Well, I...
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We've got to stop checking boxes [in the application process]
This process is way too complicated and based on subjectivity to have an “arranged marriage" of ticked boxes and robotic responses. I...
University Admissions: Beware of the cart before the horse
Whenever a family first comes to me they do want to show they’ve been doing some “homework” and usually express this to me by giving me...
The Prevalence of Parental Self-Doubt
I met with a parent the other day who had just dropped her daughter off at university. She said how excited her daughter was, how...