OverParenting

Here is an article from Seattle Times Jun 3 2004, featuring a student now in his 2nd year at Harvard.
Jie Tang, Bellevue High School
“Jie Tang could probably teach a class or two at Bellevue High School, no problem at all.
The 18-year-old understands the language of math and science like few young people in the whole [...]

I read about the DVD project from the Chronical of Higher Education website. THE U is a new DVD series featuring high-energy video tours of America’s 50 most popular colleges. The DVDs can be ordered from http://www.theu.com/site/index.htm.
There are five of them:
The Ivy League
The Northeast
The South
The Midwest
The West
The DVDs provide a cost-effective way to tour universities. [...]

Baby Name Voyager is a very interesting tool that shows the trend of baby names. For expecting parents, especially those not growing up in USA, it is very helpful to see which names are popular and which might be outdated. For example, boy’s names like Ethan and Owen are getting a lot of popularity, while [...]

I picked up this book for a job reason and ended up finding many good advices in this book applicable to communication with my two teen boys.
Two chapters are especially worth mentioning — Chapter two, Delivering Honest Positives and Chapter 10, Requesting Change.
Many parents complaint to me that their children do not listen to them. [...]