by Cindy | Apr 10, 2017 | Personal Growth
“I don’t want to go to camp. I just want time to hang out.” Those were the words of my 12-year-old daughter when I mentioned summer plans. And then the parental anxiety set in. I knew in my heart that my middle-schooler was too old to go to that wonderful day camp...
by Cindy | Apr 10, 2017 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
Miguel Flores was excited when he got into San Francisco State University. But after his freshman year, Flores decided not to go back. Reflecting on that decision two years later, Flores says he left because there was “too much focus on partying. I just didn’t spend...
by Cindy | Apr 2, 2017 | Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
I’ve seen my children thrive with teachers they loved — the science teacher who encouraged my daughter’s love of animals and nature; the humanities teacher who helped my son through an awkward middle school phase by fueling his fascination with history; the physics...
by Cindy | Mar 29, 2017 | Personal Growth
t’s a parent’s summertime nightmare. While you’re at work all day, your tween or teen is at home. Alone. With nothing to do. So what does she do? She turns your house into party central.This nightmare is exactly what happened to psychologist John Duffy’s clients, a...
by Cindy | Feb 27, 2017 | Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
“You have to write about cannibalism!” I fume at Zenobia, my fifth grade daughter. “Your teacher, your classmates, everybody wants to hear about people eating people.”She’s constructing her big social studies report. Zenobia’s decision — all on her own — is to create...
by Cindy | Feb 2, 2017 | College Preparation, Personal Growth
When the German engineering company Siemens Energy opened a gas turbine production plant in Charlotte, N.C., some 10,000 people showed up at a job fair for 800 positions. But fewer than 15 percent of the applicants were able to pass a reading, writing and math...
