Challenge Success

One SAT Saturday in mid-September, between frantically cramming vocabulary and mathematical formulas, my friends and I started the typical ...

Having read the thoughtful and accurate series on youth sports in the SF Chronicle , I thought I would chime in on what it means to get “the...

“Well, I’m not saying I cheat all the time but I do feel the pressure to get straight A’s." “I am willing to stand up at a school boa...

What comes to mind when we hear the term “mental health”? Many people might be unable to give a straight answer. Ambiguous terms like “ha...

This week I headed to Maine for a 60th birthday party. Long cross country flights almost always provide an interesting array of parenting ch...

A human unfolding into adulthood is an ugly, beautiful thing. I should know. As Stanford’s freshman dean for ten years I had a front row s...

I would be lying to you, parents, if I told you I wasn’t having fun working at summer camp. Glassy, calm, blue lake, rowboats, sailboats, hi...