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Alexandra Daha, who studies bioengineering, receives a hug from her parents, Ion and Antoanela, after moving into East Village dormitory on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Here is how parents can cope with dropping off their first-year students at college

Feeling anxiety or loss when your child starts college is a normal and universal experience, Northeastern psychology experts say. Here is how to acknowledge and accept this emotional transition.

by Alena Kuzub September 6, 2022

Lauren Vollor, left, 5, and her sister Anne Larkin Vollor, 8, chalk their driveway on in Meridin, Miss., on March 25, 2020. Children in the neighborhoods are writing new messages each day for inspiration to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. AP Photo by Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star

‘We’ll never forget spending so much time together’

We’re in a time of crisis, but it is also a time of opportunities to help your kids get along better. Will it involve a lot of conflict? Perhaps, but there are ways to manage that, says psychology professor Laurie Kramer.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa April 7, 2020

Illustration by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University

Help your children get along (while keeping your own sanity intact)

Conflict between siblings may be unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing that parents can do about it, says Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari February 21, 2020

“As professionals we have a professional image, and as parents we have a parenting image,” said Jamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development. “But we oftentimes struggle to disentangle the two.” Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘We’re constantly trying to be all things to all people’

Jamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development, studies how working professionals view their identities in the office and at home—and how these identities often intersect. “We’re constantly trying to be all things to all people,” she said.

by Greg St. Martin July 9, 2018

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Here is how parents can cope with dropping off their first-year students at college

‘We’ll never forget spending so much time together’

Help your children get along (while keeping your own sanity intact)

‘We’re constantly trying to be all things to all people’

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