The Parent Venture Nov 1, 2020 5 min My Mom Loved to Play, and Here’s Why You Should Too by Charlene Margot ---And why we still miss her so much, even after 46 years. Charlene and Virginia Scholtes, c. 1960 My mother was an ad...
The Parent Venture Jul 18, 2020 4 min 3 Ways Parent Can Help Their Overwhelmed (College) Student WRITTEN BY Adina Glickman: Academic Coaching. She ran Stanford’s academic coaching program for 15 years.
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 4 min Telling Family Stories Matters Bev Hartman, M.A. Once upon a time... If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 5 min What “Quaranteengers” Can Teach Us Charlene Margot, M.A. Many tweens and teens are responding to shelter-in-place with creativity, resilience, and optimism for the future. ...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 5 min Self-Compassion is Not Just for Everybody Else Charlene Margot, M.A. Remember to extend the same kindness to yourself as you would to your kids, family, friends, and colleagues. Photo ...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 3 min Two and Two is Three Charlene Margot, M.A. And other life lessons my mother taught me (applicable to COVID-19) While the tag line above gives credit to my mo...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 3 min What is “Shelter-in-Place” Parenting? Charlene Margot, M.A. And how will Silicon Valley families adjust to life under the coronavirus quarantine? Unless you’ve been under a ro...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 4 min How is My Newborn Going to College? Charlene Margot, M.A. One minute they’re born, and a few minutes later you’re waving goodbye. Photo by Christian Bowen on Unsplash I reme...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 4 min Hurried Children Have No Place to Go Charlene Margot, M.A. From the beginning of time, we’ve tried to rush our kids…but to what end? Photo by Oleg Larkin on Unsplash. While w...
The Parent Venture Jun 1, 2020 4 min Make Sure Your Child Has a Handful of Pebbles Charlene Margot, M.A. Play may be a child’s work, but teenagers need time to explore as well In an incredible stroke of luck, I landed my...