Sending your son or daughter off to college can be one of the most exciting, and heart-wrenching, experiences a parent can have. Exciting in

It’s getting to be that time of year again. Now that August is here, everyone’s thoughts are turning back to school. If “back to school” in your family translates to “moving to college”, no doubt you have been spending a lot of time helping your student prepare for college. And there is so much to do! Shopping, packing, more shopping, more packing....which likely will continue right up until your vehicle pulls out of the driveway and heads toward campus. But what else do you

As I drove down the interstate in the outskirts of Minneapolis, I thought to myself “How am I going to figure this out?”  Immediately after

Are you helping your student get ready for college? No doubt you have been spending a lot of time (and money) getting ready. And “getting ready” for college, if the ads in Sunday’s paper are any indication, equals buying stuff. A lot of stuff. Though no doubt your college-bound student needs some items to make their stay at school more comfortable and convenient, what other steps might you take to help them (and you) get ready for college and have a successful college exper