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Newsflash: Your Parents Love You.
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By: Contributor

All right, you guys. It's time to get real. So a long time ago, when I was a wee 18-year-old, I wrote an angry post ...

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category: parents | relationships | coming out | girlfriends | life according to ginger | LGBT

Auntie SparkNotes: On A Short Leash
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By: kat_rosenfield

Dear Auntie,

I have a problem, which only you, in your infinite wisdom can solve for me. I am a nineteen year old female. I have...

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category: parents | auntie sparknotes | college life | homeschool | rebelling

Auntie SparkNotes: The Parent-Pleaser
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By: kat_rosenfield

Hey Auntie!

I'm a college freshman, and my year is going great! I've met a lot of fun people, and have gotten to know three girls...

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category: parents | auntie sparknotes | roommates | dorms | college life

Auntie SparkNotes: Free College Conundrum
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By: kat_rosenfield

Dear Auntie Sparknotes,
My problem regards college. As I am currently a senior, I am in the midst of applications and piles of homework and all
...

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category: parents | college applications | money | tuition | art | art school | art majors | bfas

Ocean Views and Stylish Shoes: Pretty Standard for College in Canada
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By: Contributor

LadyM finally arrives at her university in Nova Scotia after a hectic week of packing and goodbyes!—Sparkitors

This past week ...

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category: parties | parents | canada | college | friends | roommates | college tours | dorms | packing | going to college | university | new friends | new beginnings | saying goodbye | off to university series

Why Living at Home Is Pretty Awesome
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By: Contributor

After reading That*One*Asian*Chick's post, we're starting to wish we still lived at home. :/ —Sparkitors

I’ve been perusing this site rather enthusiastically ...

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category: parents | college | family | School | moving | dorms | freshman year of college | home sickness | leaving home | living at home

On Curfews and Lost Trust
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By: Contributor

We know from her last post that Ginger looks like Emma Stone. Maybe that's why her parents don't want to let...

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category: parents | summer | trust | rules | life according to ginger

Auntie SparkNotes: Future You Can Handle Everything
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By: kat_rosenfield

Dear Auntie,
I'm going to be a senior in high school this year. I'm an overachiever, and I always work my butt off to ace every
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category: parents | auntie sparknotes | college applications | debt | scholarships | tuition

Auntie SparkNotes: Out, Proud, and Edumucated
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By: kat_rosenfield

Dear Auntie Sparknotes,

I'm a junior in high school, and my parents are constantly on my case about colleges. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, because...

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category: parents | auntie sparknotes | college applications | coming out | homosexuality | conservative colleges

Confessions of an RA: Pleasing the Parentals
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By: Lindsay Puvel

College is a big step…for parents. 18 years prior to our enthusiastic plunge from the nest, our moms were sticking headphones on their bellies and ...

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category: parents | texting | college life | confessions of an RA

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