Aboutthedata.com, at least in its initial incarnation, leaves out many data elements that Acxiom markets to its corporate clients — intimate details like whether a person is a "potential inheritor" or an "adult with senior parent," or whether a household has a "diabetic focus" or "senior needs".
If you are a high school senior, parent of one, high school counselor, teacher or someone who is writing an application recommendation, I'm sure you know there is a brand-spanking-new Common Application.
The vibe is convivial and casual — parents soothe grumpy toddlers with spoonfuls of stunning fior-di-latte gelato; more senior parents cheer as their teen-agers abstain from another slice of pizza in favor of a helping of one of Franny's perfect, pared-down vegetable dishes (say, sugar snap peas with yogurt, scallions, and herbs).
"Two unfortunate aspects of the ongoing jobs crisis may be driving the launch of new businesses by senior parents and younger members of their family," said John Dearie, a co-author of "Where the Jobs Are: Entrepreneurship and the Soul of the American Economy".
Over the course of a single year, Schutt follows the senior class of 1997 — 40 smart, precocious girls swaddled in money, save for the token scholarship student — as well as their parents (who anxiously attend "senior parents coffee" to cozy up to the college adviser) and a devoted, oddball crew of underpaid teachers.
Senior parenting editor Caroline Knorr contributed to this article.
Along with our worldwide class of 2015-2016 Senior parents, this is an aching, bittersweet milestone in our family's life.
On Thanksgiving Day, VICE's senior parenting columnist, the professional rapper and male model Kool A.D., dropped a 100-song mixtape called O.K.
In the end, the biggest mistake we Senior parents could make is to sanction the sacrifice of this precious, finite time to the grasping notion that there are a certain very few number of right places for our kids to go to college, and that we have no choice but to be all-consumed with getting them there.
The guide places responsibility for each step with the students, another vital issue for Ms. Mitchell and one she had underscored at the first senior-parent breakfast in the fall.
Mr. McCain, the expected Republican nominee, also said that "under Senator Obama's tax plan, Americans of every background would see their taxes rise — seniors, parents, small-business owners and just about everyone who has even a modest investment in the market".
