WE GREW TINY WINGS by KC Thompson, Ph.D. | February 27, 2026 (originally published in Grown and Flown June 17, 2023)Last summer, my daughter walked into our family room one evening and sat beside me.“Mom, we need to talk about who will drive me to college because I don’t think you’re up to it.” She seemed to read my expression of...
YOUR FUTURE IS SWIMMING TOWARDS YOU I first learned about the navigators who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean on wooden canoes as a Ph.D. student in Cognitive Studies. We were studying the mental models used by different experts that allowed them to do things that regular people cannot. Included were examples of taxi drivers in New York City, chess...
A COLLEGE TRANSITION GUIDE FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Now that high school seniors have all of their college acceptances back and have either already made their decision, or are in the final throes…the next question becomes, what happens between now and move-in day? Having gone through it recently with my own daughter, both for undergrad in the same state and then...