How to fight with a teenager

I'd say this is pretty clearly written:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/the-best-way-to-fight-with-a-teenager/?_r=0

A new first

Just had a conversation with one of my favorite young people. He's an international student, someone who is so intellectually ambitious and excited, and the U.S. university system fits him really well. He told me that he's not sure about coming to the U.S. anymore. He has an option in both Canada and Germany and his parents feel like either of those would be much safer places, since these last months have proven that the U.S. is just not so. I asked him what he meant, specifically. He said that what happened in Chicago at the Trump rally, and just the rise of Trump, period. He continued, saying even if he doesn't win, it's a scary prospect for an international student to come and pay so much money for an education, and be surrounded by people who have so much hate and lack of reason.

What can I say, other than "Yeah. That's seems pretty reasonable on your part."?

Our world doesn't function in a vacuum people. Our system of higher education is only as strong as our country is intellectually ambitious and reasonable. Both of these qualities seem to be in pretty sharp decline these days.

Tracking Students

It's true. Clean up your web presence. I've seen it happen to many students.

http://qz.com/513622/colleges-are-spying-on-prospective-students-by-quietly-tracking-them-across-the-internet/

This is how it should be

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/opinion/blow-the-passion-of-parenting.html?referrer&_r=0

Just think this is a really beautiful essay:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/opinion/sunday/taking-my-parents-to-college.html?_r=0

These numbers are REAL!

The chart at the bottom should be a wake-up call to "Tiger" moms and dads everywhere. We've come way off-track with the concept of happiness versus that of success (i.e. what our kids hear that we want FOR them). The percentage who have considered suicide is shameful as a society. These are the highest-performing kids! These are the kids at whom most would look and think they're under control. But we're reading them 180 degrees wrong. They're actually spinning out of control but the only thing parents are typically looking for is a level of academic performance or output.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/high-school-students-are-stressed-out-about-college-admissions-reality-burning-out-347476

Here's a great read about majors and college.

I think the takeaway is that parents should encourage their 18 year olds to explore ideas as opposed to encouraging 18 year olds to imagine their career(s):

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/four-steps-to-choosing-a-career-path.html?_r=0