Dealing with Divorce: How to Help Students Cope With Separation
When parents separate or divorce, it’s usually a traumatic event which causes a lot of…
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Old College Try: Be Aware of How Social You Should Be
Social media was in the news recently when Harvard revoked admission offers to at least…
Old College Try: Sense of Purpose
If you haven’t had the opportunity to listen to Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard Graduation address, I…
Old College Try: Reluctant Hero
Last week my post spoke about the Six Stages of the Reluctant Hero. Hopefully readers…
Old College Try: In Life Are We Reluctant Heroes?
There is no question that life is a complex series of events. Some we create,…
Pitch Perfect: How Learning to Play Music Boosts Kids’ Brains
Music teachers have long argued for the wider educational benefits of learning a musical instrument.…
Talking Tools: Educators and Experts Help Us Find Books Explaining the Birds and Bees to All Ages
As a parent myself, I find that explaining meaningful and complicated things in life becomes…
Preventing Abuse Through Education: How Can a Parent Protect Their Children from Sexual Abuse?
With such a heavy theme for this issue, we knew parents would come down to…
13 Beijing Events: Open Houses, Shaanxi Noodles, and more!
Did you know we have a family events WeChat group? Join two hundred other internationally-minded…
Confronting Sexual Harassment
In this new column, we ask counselors to cover a topic they might encounter with…