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Exclusive | Narcan and condoms and Plan B, oh my! Parents pack survival kits for their college-bound kids — here’s how they’re preparing for the worst

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Exclusive | Narcan and condoms and Plan B, oh my! Parents pack survival kits for their college-bound kids — here’s how they’re preparing for the worst

Pencils, notebooks — and Narcan? Concerned parents of incoming college freshmen are adding the life-saving nasal spray to back-to-school lists this year — along with condoms, Plan B and more modern must-haves that might have been unthinkable a generation ago. And that’s just fine with students like Summer, 20, who said they prefer a matter-of-fact approach … Read more

College-bound Gen Z is choosing a school based on how it will look on TikTok

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College-bound Gen Z is choosing a school based on how it will look on TikTok

There are so many reasons for choosing where to attend college, but for the TikTok generation, the deciding factor is how aesthetically pleasing campus life will be. Gen Z is basing its decision for higher education based on how well it can be documented on social media platforms like TikTok. College-bound teens are looking for … Read more

Exclusive | Is your college-bound teen ‘soiling the nest’? How to deal when they’re acting like ‘raging a–holes’

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Exclusive | Is your college-bound teen ‘soiling the nest’? How to deal when they’re acting like ‘raging a–holes’

Like most moms of graduating high school seniors, Kerry Barto was proud yet petrified by the thought of her 18-year-old son, Conor, leaving the nest for college. However, in the months leading up to his departure last fall, the mother of three and native New Yorker noticed a change in her middle boy.  Her sweet baby, … Read more