While it’s important to celebrate your child’s successes, it’s critical not to let these accolades become young people’s measure of a life well lived. One way to do this is to support teens and young adults in developing a deeper and more complex view of life and its meaning—one where achievements have their place, but don't overshadow the value of connection, purpose, and belonging. Here’s how.
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Rick Weissbourd joined Parenting Understood to speak about how parents can reduce achievement pressure for their children by being mindful of the messages they send and by prioritizing children’s well-being over external validation.
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If an open, trusting connection with your child seems elusive, the missing ingredient might be something fundamental in parent-child relationships: attunement.
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What's on the horizon in college admission this year? Forbes’ Brennan Barnard hopes it's revolutionary.
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From advances in AI to our pilot of a new student context inventory with Common App colleges, there were a few bright spots in an otherwise “warped” year in college admission, Brennan Barnard writes in Forbes.
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The Washington Post’s Amy Joyce began editing the On Parenting column 10 years ago. Here are her top five takeaways from her decade as a parenting editor.
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From delving into the complexities of parenting to forging meaningful connections across diverse fields, 2023 has been a year of profound learning and growth for us at Making Caring Common. Here are five key takeaways that have shaped our work and continue to inspire us.
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Can bad coaches harm kids? Yes, but parents can help.
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LAUSD’s 3rd Street Elementary is using MCC’s Caring Schools Network program to build a caring, inclusive school community.
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Kindness has significant benefits for the giver and the receiver.
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The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration—and presents. For many kids, the arrival of Santa Claus brings excitement, wonder, and expectation. But gifts from Santa—especially big-ticket items that few families can afford—can also have unintended consequences.
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This piece by the American Psychological Association explores the benefits of practicing gratitude, both for adults and for children.
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This exercise guides young people through a series of questions about their “narrative identity”—or the stories we tell ourselves that shape our sense of who we are and what our future holds.
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Grown & Flown discusses the five main drivers of mental health challenges in young adults identified in MCC’s On Edge report.
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In our new report, On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges, over half of young adults (58%) said they had experienced little or no purpose or meaning in their lives in the previous month. So how do those of us with young adults in our lives support them in developing a sense of meaning and purpose? We offer five data-driven suggestions in this blog post.
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The high school profile provides college admissions officers with a high-level overview of a the school and community context from which a student is applying. Making Caring Common has collaborated with Dr. Nicola to create a series of resources that assist counselors and school leaders in improving the quality and equity of their profiles.
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This piece from Inside Higher Ed explores a key finding from our On Edge report that shows that three in five young adults felt their lives lacked meaning and purpose.
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This segment from Good Morning America explores how one mother and daughter work together to manage their mental health and create a supportive environment for each other.
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