Cultural Currency

Watching my kids navigate the waters of high school, and now watching the first one acclimate to college, I realize how much of our lives trades not only in monetary currency, but how much of it depends on the cultural currency you carry. For kids, we easily lump this...

Those Transitional Moments

Today I sent my first son off to college. Everyone talks about how hard this is.  Michael Gerson summed it up well in his recent column in the Washington Post when he said: This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I dropped off my eldest son as a...

Being a Parent of a Senior

When my kids were born, like most parents, we imagine them growing up and what it might be like.  We get glimpses of who they might be later on over the course of their childhood, but the day to day process of life overshadows these moments.  And then one day, you...