Did your kid forget their lunch? Mess up a class presentation? Get left out of the group chat? Oof. The parental urge to swoop in and fix things is real. But here's the hard truth — every time we ...

Failure. It's not a pretty word — that's what society says. As a high-school teacher, I see a lot of fear of failure. Whether it's high-achieving kids anxious about earning a B, academically "average" ...

Early in my career, a mother came to my office to discuss her daughter’s calculus grade. When parents make this kind of request, I try to manage expectations by saying that as a school administrator, ...