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Leave your Kids (Abroad) Alone
The year: 1986. The place: My childhood home in NY. The scene: The kitchen where a tan, old school phone with an unruly curly cord hangs on the wall. The language: Portuguese. On one…
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From Hovering Mentors to Intrusive Rescue Squads: A Spectrum of Helicopter Parents
Study abroad is all about independence. When issues arise, from sorting out transfer of credit to dealing with a problematic host family, a phone call needs to be made to a student’s home university…