Are you looking for gift ideas that will help your future college student? Even if college is a few years away, there are still some great ways to use the holidays to help your child be ready for the future. College is sneaking up on me. My oldest son is 13 but I'm realizing just how quickly the college years will be here. We do our best to use holidays to plan for his future and make sure he will have what he needs when the time comes to head off to college. There are all kinds of ways you c...| Busy Mommy Media
Does your child have the life skills he needs to be successful when he leaves home for college? With such a strong focus on academics for high school students, sometimes we miss teaching our kids some basic skills that will help them thrive. I had a college roommate who told me she didn't know how to do dishes. As I found out, the issue went way beyond dishes. After we had been living together for about 6 months she came and asked me where the cleaning supplies were kept. She had her own bath...| Busy Mommy Media
Many years ago when I was a young mom, I heard a woman with successful, happy, productive grown children give some advice that has stayed with me throughout the years: our job as parents is not to raise children but to raise adults. With my oldest getting ready to head back to her university to begin her senior year, and my second about to begin her freshman year in college, we've been making some important college purchases. All that shopping got me thinking about the college essentials we h...| Busy Mommy Media
